Republicans at the 2016 state convention last week in Nampa changed very little of their party's structure, but they did pass six resolutions dealing with issues such as transgender bathrooms and Bibles in the classroom.

Chairman Steve Yates will continue to lead the party for another two years. He secured a second term by defeating opponents Mike Duff, a sheep farmer from Blackfoot, and Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d’Alene, who was defeated by Republican Paul Amador in the GOP primary in May.

According to some media reports, after it was clear Sims did not secure enough votes unseat Yates, she made the motion to elect Yates to the position unanimously. That motion passed.

Meanwhile, the party's guiding document — known as the party platform — will also remain the same after delegates rejected adopting any new amendments. The day before, a convention committee had approved adding a plank to the platform arguing that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant and climate change is because of God, not humans. Other changes included planks stating the U.S. Constitution was a divinely inspired document and another opposing mandatory preschool.

There was a faction of Republicans who also wanted to remove some items from the platform, such as a plank that supports repealing the 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was adopted to allow citizens to elect U.S. senators instead of state legislatures. Others wanted to remove a plank that supports closed primary elections.

Idaho’s GOP platform hasn't been amended since 2012.

A half-dozen resolutions did manage to get full convention approval though. The resolutions are nonbinding but they do influence party decisions.

Those resolutions include calling on Idaho’s top elected officials to reject the Obama administration's recent directive to allow transgender students to use the restrooms of their choice in public schools.

The other five resolutions were:

• Call on the House and Senate Armed Services committees to submit a proposal awarding a military occupational specialty to graduates of the U.S. Army sniper course.

•Urge the Idaho Republican Party to host more candidate forums to educate voters about nonpartisan judicial races.

• Request the Idaho Legislature to pass legislation to amend the state Constitution so that it specifically names the Bible as one of the "religious texts" that may be used in public schools.

• Request that Gov. Butch Otter call a special session to replace Idaho's same-day voter registration provision before the November general election with a stricter system, or abolish it entirely if no compromise can be made.

• Amend the state's driver license requirements to require stricter proof of citizenship documentation requirements.

Saturday's peaceful conclusion of the three-day convention was a far cry of the frantic scene of 2014. Back then, political infighting prevented the GOP convention from accomplishing anything and leaving many Republicans discouraged about the effectiveness of their party. While factions still exist inside Idaho's Republican Party, delegates on Saturday pointed to Yates as being a key member in re-unifying the party.

— The Associated Press contributed to this report.