2. Legislative bodies.

The legislative branches are not expressly included in the definition of “public agency” found at Idaho Code § 67-2341(4) (1998). However, the law specifically provides that all "standing, special or select committees" meetings of either house "shall be open to the public at all times." Idaho Code § 67-2346. This statutory provision is in direct conflict with internal rules of the respective bodies of the legislature that allow such meetings to be closed in the discretion of the committee members. In practice, such meetings (with the exception of political party caucus meetings) are nearly always open. In 2004, the Idaho Press Club brought a constitutional challenge to the legislature's use of closed committee meetings, relying on Article III, § 12 of the Idaho Constitution.  In Idaho Press Club, Inc. v. State Legislature of the State of Idaho, 142 Idaho 640, 132 P.3d 397 (2006), the Idaho Supreme Court held that the legislature’s use of closed committee meetings did not violate the Idaho Constitution.