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Eye On Boise archive for March 14, 2012

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012












House passes animal cruelty bill, 64-4

The House has voted 64-4 in favor of HB 650, Rep. Ken Andrus' animal cruelty bill; the measure now moves to a Senate committee. The only "no" votes came from Reps. Barrett, Barbieri, Hart and Harwood. In his closing debate, Andrus, R-Lava Hot Springs, said,…

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Senate passes anti-union bill, 26-8

The Senate has voted 26-8 in favor of SB 1373, the new version of an anti-union bill regarding "project labor agreements" that passed last year, but was overturned in court; click below for a full report from the Associated Press. The Senate then moved into…

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Senate passes oil/gas bill, 24-10 

The Senate has voted 24-10 in favor of HB 464, the oil/gas development bill that asserts state authority over siting, potentially conflicting with some aspects of a new county ordinance just passed in Washington County. The House-passed bill now heads to Gov. Butch Otter's desk.…

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Senate debating oil/gas bill...

The Idaho Senate has begun its debate on HB 464, the oil/gas pre-emption bill, which has bounced from the full Senate to the amending order - on a tied vote broken by Lt. Gov. Brad Little - and then back to the full Senate without…

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Questions, concerns about bill...

Sen. Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, questioned Right to Life of Idaho President Jason Herring about why the bill requires a list of free ultrasound providers to be given to women, but then still requires another one to be done by the abortion provider. "I don't…

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