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Senate committee advances bill moving foster-home licensing rules into statute, removes requirement to lock firearms and ammunition in separate locations
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 1034 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation after debating the bill’s removal of a rule requiring firearms and ammunition be locked in separate locations in licensed foster homes.
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.
Sponsor Sen. Brandon Shippey (R-District 9) told the committee the bill moves existing administrative rules (identified in the hearing as sections 230, 232 and 233 of the Idaho administrative rules relating to foster care licensing) into statute and removes a provision that had required weapons and ammunition be locked in two separate locations. "We really feel like it's probably a better approach anyway because previously, there was no gun safety education," Shippey said, adding that the Department of Health and Welfare plans to create an educational…
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