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Senate committee advances bill moving foster‑care licensing rules into statute; removes two‑location firearm storage requirement
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted Jan. 30 to send Senate Bill 1034 to the Senate floor with a do‑pass recommendation; the bill moves foster‑care licensing material from administrative rule into statute and removes a prior rule requiring firearms and ammunition be locked in two separate locations.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Jan. 30 voted to send Senate Bill 1034 to the Senate floor with a do‑pass recommendation. Sponsor Senator Brandon Shippey (R‑District 9) told the committee the bill moves certain foster‑care licensing rules from the Idaho Administrative Procedures Act into statute and removes a prior rule that required weapons and ammunition to be locked in two separate locations.
Shippey, a foster parent, said the existing rule created a recruitment barrier and “essentially disarms you” as a foster parent. He described the remaining requirements as basic housing standards — “you have to have a toilet. You have to have a sink. You have to…
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