While Hertz did tell House members not to leave items anonymously on lawmakers' desks, the three who filed complaints said that didn't go far enough.

“I knew the action was kind of a dig at not liking the way we voted on an issue,” Loge said Friday. “People don’t agree on issues all the time, I just thought it was beneath the level of dignity we need to maintain. I think they could have dug in and found out who did it and the the Speaker of the House probably should have dug in right away and found out and at least made a little reprimand."

McKamey was clear she did not want to be seen as a victim, but said she found it a “stupid act, and a disgusting act and a completely reprehensible act, beneath the dignity of any elected official,” and that without the Speaker taking action, she felt the complaint was her only avenue.

“To have it happen on the House floor was almost sacrosanct to me. It felt like it was a desecration. It felt like it was a threat. It felt like it was a disgusting, horrible threat to be doing to a few select, chosen people. It did not seem like a prank to me,” McKamey said Friday.