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Committee sends bill to floor removing firearm-storage rule for foster parents
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10‑34 to the House floor with a "do pass" recommendation. Sponsor Rep. Judy Boyle said the bill moves foster-care firearm-storage language from rule into statute and replaces an explicit lock-and-key storage requirement with department-led firearm-safety training for foster parents.
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10‑34 to the floor with a "do pass" recommendation after Representative Judy Boyle told members the measure would remove a rule that requires foster parents to store firearms and ammunition separately under lock and key and instead place firearm-safety training expectations in statute.
Representative Boyle, sponsor of the bill, said the rule is discouraging potential foster parents in rural areas because it effectively “disarms” them. “If you live in a rural…
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