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Committee backs bill to bar Idaho enforcement of World Health Organization mandates
Summary
Senators voted to send Senate Bill 1038 to the floor with a do‑pass recommendation; the bill, introduced by Sen. Dan Foreman, would create a new chapter in Idaho Code stating the state and its political subdivisions shall not be compelled to enforce WHO requirements or mandates using state resources.
The Senate State Affairs Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1038 to the Senate floor with a do‑pass recommendation after sponsor Sen. Dan Foreman, R‑District 6, told the panel the bill would create chapter 73, title 39 of Idaho Code to bar the state and its political subdivisions from using state resources to enforce any requirements or mandates issued by the World Health Organization.
Foreman said the Idaho attorney general reviewed the legislation and "informed me of the fact he finds it to be completely constitutionally correct." He told the committee the AG advised…
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