Otter signs safe boating act amendments, HOA limits, Epi-Pen bill, anti-gun-seizure bill, revenge porn law, more

Gov. Butch Otter signed 42 bills into law yesterday; he’s still not vetoed any of the legislation passed by lawmakers this year. Among the bills signed: SB 1274a , which amends Idaho’s Safe Boating Act to make it enforceable again; SB 1310 , to restrict fines imposed by homeowner’s associations; SB 1327 , allowing schools to keep Epi-Pens or other epinephrine auto-injectors on hand for unexpected extreme allergic among students or staff without an advance individual prescription; SB 1332 , to punish Idaho officials who order police officers to seize guns or ammunitions if feds order the move; HB 438 , to make a series of reforms and updates to the state’s rules for the practice of midwifery; and HB 563 , to amend Idaho’s “video voyeurism” crime law to expand it to cover crimes involving “revenge porn,” or posting of private images online for purposes of extortion, humiliation or revenge.