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Senate approves amendment narrowing indecent-exposure gap after Nampa incident
Summary
The Senate passed House Bill 2 70 to revise Idaho’s indecent exposure statute; sponsors said the measure closes a prosecutorial gap following conduct at a public Pride event, while opponents warned the language could be used to police noncriminal expression. The bill passed the Senate 28–6–1.
The Idaho Senate passed House Bill 2 70 on March 24, a bill that expands the state’s indecent-exposure statute to address conduct sponsors described as previously outside prosecutorial reach.
Senator Taves, the sponsor who yielded time to the senator from District 4 for the opening, said the bill “fixes the glitch. It closes the loophole,” telling colleagues the measure responds to a Nampa incident in which people at a public park said adults with surgically or hormonally…
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