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Senate committee advances bill moving foster-home rules into statute, removes rule requiring firearms and ammunition be locked in separate locations
Summary
Senate Bill 1034, which moves existing foster-home licensing rules into statute and removes a rule requiring firearms and ammunition be locked in separate locations, was sent to the Senate floor with a do-pass recommendation after committee debate over safe-storage requirements and recruitment barriers.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1034 to the Senate floor with a do-pass recommendation after debate over a removed requirement that foster-home operators lock firearms and ammunition in separate locations.
Sen. Brandon Shippey (District 9), the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure moves existing foster-care licensing rules (sections cited from the administrative procedures act) into statute and removes language that required weapons and ammunition to be locked in two separate locations. Shippey said those requirements could “disarm” foster parents in an emergency and create an undue burden that has discouraged potential foster providers.
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