After Mike Kane, lobbyist for the Idaho Sheriffs Association, told the House Judiciary Committee that he's confident that Benewah County and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe can work out their disagreements and reach a new cross-deputization pact, Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, asked him, "You guys have known that this issue was going to be brought before the Legislature. Why haven't you worked it out - why is this bill even before us?" Kane responded, "We've tried. ... We've tried." He said there have been differences between the two over whether infractions are criminal or civil, and thus belong in state or tribal court, as well as other concerns, including that non-tribal members can't vote for the tribal council, but tribal members can vote for the county sheriff; and questions about accountability of tribal police forces. The two sides had a cross-deputization  agreement until 2007, when the county sheriff revoked it.