New legislation to allow Idahoans to carry concealed guns without a permit was introduced in the Senate State Affairs Committee today, and Chairman Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, the bill’s lead sponsor, says it’ll have a full hearing on Monday, March 14. While noting that’s late in…
Rep. Eric Redman, R-Post Falls, introduced his very first bill this afternoon: A measure seeking to ban recognition of foreign or Shariah law in Idaho courts. The House Ways & Means Committee voted 4-3, along party lines, to introduce the measure; Redman distributed stacks of...
The Senate State Affairs Committee has unanimously agreed to refer HB 447, a proposed expanded public records exemption for records of “critical infrastructure,” to the Senate’s 14th Order for amendments, after Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis brought together a group of stakeholders and committee members...
The Idaho Sheriffs Association introduced a new version today of its bill to add crimes to the list of felonies for which gun rights aren’t restored after serving time, after the Senate defeated the association’s first version, SB 1276, on a 29-6 vote on Friday.…
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling reducing domestic sheep grazing on the Payette National Forest by about 70 percent to protect bighorn sheep from diseases. The three-judge panel said the U.S. Forest Service met the requirement of federal law....
There was no debate against it, but many, many questions from other lawmakers before HB 514, Rep. Wendy Horman’s bipartisan legislation to establish an Office of School Safety and Security within the existing state Division of Building Safety, passed the House, 51-16 today. The division...
Legislation to start online voter registration in Idaho has passed the Senate on a unanimous vote, 34-0. It wouldn’t start until after next fall’s general election. The bill estimates a state cost of about $258,000 in one-time development costs, but Sen. Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, said…
Rep. Melissa Wintrow’s bill, HB 528, to create and codify a system for the processing of sexual assault evidence kits, commonly referred to as rape kits, has passed the House on a unanimous, 70-0 vote. The evidence kits are used by law enforcement, health care...
Legislative budget writers, torn between a new mental health crisis center in Twin Falls and one in the Boise area, came up with a way this morning to fund both for the price of one: Both would open partway through the coming year. “The purpose…
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