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Senate committee moves foster‑home rules into statute, removes two‑location firearm storage requirement
Summary
Senate Bill 10 34 was amended in committee to move foster‑care licensing requirements from administrative rule into statute and to remove a rule requiring guns and ammunition be stored in two separate locations, replacing that requirement with a departmental gun‑safety training video.
Senator Shippey, the floor sponsor in committee, led adoption of amendments to Senate Bill 10 34 that move existing foster‑care licensing requirements from department rule into statute and remove a rule section requiring guns and ammunition to be locked up in two separate locations.
Shippey said the change was intended to reduce a barrier to recruiting foster parents and to give the department explicit statutory authority to require training. "As a licensed…
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