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Senator Lenny’s RS31856 — tightening public-health district powers — sent to print
Summary
A Senate committee voted to send RS31856 to print after Senator Brian Lenny said the draft would limit broad emergency powers of local public health districts and require actions be backed by scientific evidence; committee members asked for clearer definitions before a full hearing.
Senator Brian Lenny, District 13 (Nampa), presented RS31856 to a Senate committee and the committee voted to send the request to print for a formal hearing.
Lenny said the draft would “tighten the rein on our public health districts by adding a layer of accountability” and ensure “any health action taken is backed by solid…science and truly necessary” to avoid what he described as “government overreach” during the COVID-19 crisis. “This does two, what I consider, pretty simple things,” he told the panel.
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