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Committee advances bill banning commercial advertising for out‑of‑state illegal products; sponsors cite cross‑border spillover
Summary
House Bill 271, advanced by the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee, would make it a misdemeanor to publish commercial advertisements in Idaho for products that are illegal where they are produced or offered; sponsors focused on marijuana advertising from nearby states and law‑enforcement witnesses described cross‑border crime spillover.
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 271 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after testimony from law-enforcement officials who said advertising for out-of-state illegal products has produced cross‑border problems for Idaho communities.
Senator Todd Lakey, sponsor of the bill, said the measure makes it a misdemeanor to commercially advertise products in Idaho that are illegal in the jurisdiction where they are produced or offered. “Oregon and Washington dealers should not be supported in their effort to profit from an illegal product and send their problems back to Idaho at our cost,” Lakey told the committee, citing marijuana dispensaries near the Idaho border.
Sheriff Andy Creech of the (as stated to committee) Peay County Sheriff's Office said violent crime in Ontario,…
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