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Amended day care licensing bill goes to governor

Sen. Tim Corder, R-Mountain Home, urges the Senate to support the amended version of the day care licensing bill, SB 1112a, because
Sen. Tim Corder, R-Mountain Home, urges the Senate to support the amended version of the day care licensing bill, SB 1112a, because "it's still better than what we have right now." The Senate sent the House-amended bill to the governor; it's Idaho's first move to regulate small day care centers, including requiring criminal background checks for operators. (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)

Sen. Tim Corder, R-Mountain Home, urged the Senate to back the amended version of SB 1112a, the day care licensing bill, despite numerous problems he highlighted with the House amendments. "I'm still asking you to support it, with the fiscal impact, with all the errors, with all the things that are wrong with these amendments - it's still better than what we have right now," he told the Senate, "and we can fix it next year." The amended bill passed unanimously, 30-0, and now goes to the governor.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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