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Committee advances EMS trailer bill, $2 driver‑license vision donation and USS Idaho commemorative plate
Summary
The House Transportation and Defense Committee advanced three bills by voice vote: an EMS trailer bill (SB 11‑59), a voluntary $2 driver‑license donation to fund free vision care (SB 10‑71, amended), and a five‑year commemorative USS Idaho license plate (SB 11‑53).
The House Transportation and Defense Committee advanced three additional bills by voice vote on March 18 during a single hearing session.
Senate Bill 11‑59, a trailer bill related to recently enacted EMS legislation, was sponsored by Representative Mark Sauter. Sauter told the committee the bill deletes a sentence in House Bill 206 that had generated a county commissioner’s concern about release of EMS grant funds; the trailer clarifies that deletion so it does not affect that county’s ability to receive funds. The Idaho Association of Counties supported the change. Representative Harris moved to send the bill to the floor…
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