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Senate committee advances bill moving foster-home rules into statute, removes separate-firearm-location requirement
Summary
Senate Bill 1034, which moves parts of foster-care licensing rules into statute and removes a previous requirement that firearms and ammunition be stored in separate locations, received a due-pass recommendation from the Senate Health and Welfare Committee after debate over child safe storage and parental rights.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1034 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after a hearing and discussion on safe storage requirements for firearms in foster homes.
Sen. Brandon Shippey, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the measure eliminates sections 230, 232 and 233 from the Idaho Administrative Procedure Act and moves the necessary licensing provisions for foster homes into statute. He said the intent is not to create new requirements but to codify existing rules and remove a specific rule that required firearms and ammunition be locked in two separate locations.
“The department helped me with kind of the technical side of…
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