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Senate committee advances bill moving foster-care licensing rules into statute and removes separate firearm-lock requirement
Summary
Senate Bill 1034, carried by Senator Brandon Shippey, would codify existing foster-home licensing rules into statute and remove a provision that required firearms and ammunition be locked in separate locations; the committee approved sending the bill to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation by voice vote, with at least one recorded no.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1034 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after a debate over safe storage requirements for firearms in foster homes.
Senator Brandon Shippey, sponsor of SB 1034, told the committee the bill moves rules from the Idaho Administrative Procedures Act (sections referenced in committee testimony) into statute and removes a previous requirement that firearms and ammunition be locked in two separate locations. Shippey said the underlying rules “are exactly the same” except for that firearms provision and argued the two-location requirement discouraged potential foster parents. “Essentially disarms you,” he said of the prior requirement, arguing it was an undue burden and a barrier to recruitment.
Shippey said the Department of Health and Welfare supports replacing…
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