Panel tune out cops, OK license bill

Despite urging from multiple law enforcement representatives to reject it, the House Transportation Committee has voted 10-7 in favor of Rep. Ron Nate’s bill to remove the requirement for a front license plate for any vehicle that wasn’t manufactured with a spot for one. Chairman Joe Palmer, R-Meridian, commented that the measure, HB 110, could spark an interesting discussion on the floor of the House; Nate said he’d carry it there.

Among those testifying against the bill were Lt. Col. Kedrick Wills of the Idaho State Police; Victor McCraw, division administrator for the Idaho Peace Officers Standards and Training, or POST, and a former longtime highway patrol officer; and Rep. Patrick McDonald, R-Boise, a former state trooper/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.