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Committee advances bill to move foster-home licensing rules into statute and remove dual-location firearm-storage requirement
Summary
Senate Bill 1034 would codify existing foster-home licensing rules in statute and remove a requirement that firearms and ammunition be locked in separate locations; sponsor said the requirement deterred prospective foster parents and would be replaced by training, while at least one senator said safe storage is essential to protect children.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1034 to the Senate floor with a "do pass" recommendation after debate about firearm storage requirements for foster homes. The bill would move several existing foster-home licensing rules into statute and remove a provision requiring that firearms and ammunition be locked in two separate locations.
Senator Brandon Shippey, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure consolidates rules previously in the Idaho Administrative Procedures Act into statute and eliminates a specific lock-and-separate storage requirement the sponsor said created an undue burden and deterred some…
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