House passes HB 1 on 49-21 vote 9
The House has passed HB 1, the child support enforcement bill, on a 49-21 vote.
The House has passed HB 1, the child support enforcement bill, on a 49-21 vote.
From today’s House debate on HB 1, the child support enforcement bill: House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, said, “I want to thank the nine that stood up and said ‘no.’ Quite frankly, everyone that’s talked today says that we have a better deal because...
Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, told the House, “There’s a lot of questions I still have on this bill. … I believe we’d lose the due process to our citizens in the court. … I don’t like it when I’m told you need to make a...
Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, said, “I think we need to be concerned about the ramifications. … Legislative authority is being addressed. Administrative law, our tri-partite balance of power, checks and balance … and indeed state sovereignty.” He asked fellow representatives to imagine the bill...
From the House debate on HB 1, the child support enforcement bill: House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, said, “I’m glad the House has a chance for a do-over, and I support this bill. … So thank you to all who vote today for HB…
Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise, told the House that at the end of this year’s regular legislative session, he had concerns about the child support enforcement bill, but his concerns have been put to rest by amendments to the bill that he helped craft. Luker went...
House Judiciary Chairman Rich Wills, R-Glenns Ferry, told the House that the child support enforcement bill is “so we can find those people who aren’t paying,” even if they try to flee to another country. The child support enforcement system has long been in place,…
The House is back in session to take up HB 1, the child support enforcement bill. In the vote to suspend rules and allow immediate consideration, there were no objections; it passed 69-0. "Let's not debate the motives of the individual members, their patriotism, their…
The House Judiciary Committee has voted 12-5 in favor of HB 1, with just Reps. McMillan, Sims, Cheatham, Nate and Scott dissenting. Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, said, “I will not be supporting this bill. Director Armstrong said this is all about efficiency, so that’s it.…
As the House Judiciary Committee reconvened, Rep. Don Cheatham, R-Post Falls, attempted to make a motion to add definitions for two terms in the child support enforcement bill; that move was rejected, as committees don’t amend bills. Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d’Alene, then moved to…
After a 10-minute break - following more than four and a half hours of intense hearing - the House committee will vote on HB 1.
Public testimony has now wrapped up on HB 1, the child support enforcement bill. A full three dozen people testified in the four-hour hearing, roughly evenly split between backers and opponents of the bill. Health & Welfare Director Dick Armstrong and Deputy Attorney General Scott Keim are now answering some questions from the committee.
In continued testimony on HB 1, the child support enforcement bill: Stephanie Wierschem of Kuna told lawmakers it was the first time she was publicly sharing her story. Her ex-husband was on the FBI’s 10 most-wanted deadbeat dads list. “He owed over $100,000 to my...
When Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, asked to ask another question of someone testifying – she’s had many today – Chairwoman Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, noted the hour – long into the noon hour – and said, “They’re going to just give us bread and water…
Brent Regan, a former Coeur d’Alene school board member and vice-chairman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation who’s filling in as a substitute senator for Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, testified at length against HB 1, responding to numerous questions from lawmakers after his assigned 3...
In continuing testimony today on HB 1, the child support enforcement bill: Patricia Felts told lawmakers, “This law would be socialistic. … I feel that our best bet is to stick to our own state where we have control and we know exactly what’s going...
Despite the hot debate going on in the Lincoln Auditorium this morning on the child support enforcement bill, that alarm that went off a few minutes ago out in the hallway wasn't the fire alarm. Idaho Public TV reporter Melissa Davlin reports that it was...
More than a dozen people have testified so far, evenly divided in favor of the bill and against, and they were called alternately, one for, one against. Here are some of the comments: Kathy Scott, representing the American Association of University Women, said, “How great…
Sen. Mike Crapo’s office has issued this statement, after he recently told “Tea Party Bob” Neugebauer in a radio interview that he had praise for the nine Idaho lawmakers who opposed the child support enforcement bill on the final day of this year’s regular session…
Among the first to testify today on the child support bill: Lauren Necochea, director of Idaho Voices for Children, told the lawmakers, “In Idaho, we all agree that parents should be responsible for caring for their children, regardless of whether the parents are married or…
More than an hour into today’s joint public hearing on HB 1, the child support bill, public testimony is now beginning. Senate Judiciary Chair Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, said she will alternate between proponents and opponents of the bill.
Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, said, “I’ve taken an oath to protect the Constitution and a lot of my constituents are concerned that this may be a violation of parts of the Constitution, in particular, I’m going to say two, Article 1 Section 10 that says…
Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, asked state Health & Welfare Director Dick Armstrong, “We were originally told that we could not add any amendments to the original bill. So my question is why now are we allowed to add these amendments?” Armstrong responded, “It depends on...
Of the 30-plus people who have signed up to testify at today’s public hearing on HB 1, the child support enforcement bill, 16 have indicated they’re testifying in favor of the bill, and 13 that they’ll speak against it. Backers of the bill represent groups...
State Health & Welfare Director Dick Armstrong told the House and Senate judiciary committees that in 2014, 416,000 parents, children and other guardians were impacted by Idaho’s child support enforcement system. That included 183,000 children, 155,000 of them living in Idaho. One in four Idaho...
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