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House approves bill clarifying legislative role in state disaster emergencies

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Summary

House Bill 409 clarifies how the legislature can terminate a declared disaster emergency and narrows some executive emergency authorities; the House passed the bill after brief debate 59-6-5.

House Bill 409, which clarifies procedures for state disaster emergency declarations and the Legislature’s role in terminating them, passed the Idaho House on March 17 by a vote of 59 ayes, 6 nays and 5 absent and excused.

The bill amends existing language on gubernatorial disaster…

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