By KEITH RIDLERApril 13, 2021 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Two bills that cleared the Idaho House with overwhelming Republican support to significantly defund Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s office for not being sufficiently partisan have died in the Senate.
The powerful Republican chairwoman and chairman of Senate committees with control of the bills said Monday that they will not get hearings and are dead. They said the legislation could needlessly cost Idaho taxpayers millions of dollars if turned into law.
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden declined to join 17 other GOP attorneys general in the legal action in December challenging the presidential election, seen by many as a loyalty test to former President Donald Trump and backed by nearly every top-level Idaho Republican. Wasden cited his respect for states rights and said he wouldn’t appreciate others meddling in Idaho elections.
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BOISE â The Senate State Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to send an anti-âballot harvestingâ bill to the 14th Order for amendments.
The Senateâs 14th Order stipulates when the bill is taken up on the floor, any senator can offer amendments to it.
Introduced by House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, HB 223 would make it a misdemeanor to possess someone elseâs ballot and a felony to possess more than six. Exceptions would be made for family members as well as postal workers.
Ballot harvesting has not occurred in Idaho, Moyle said, and he defended the bill is a preventative measure, as ballot harvesting has occurred in other states.
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Lawmaker panel advances two anti-abortion bills to Idaho Senate
April 7, 2021 1:56 PM Associated Press
Keith Ridler
Lawmakers in the House of Representative debate a bill on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. Lawmakers approved a massive income tax cut backers say provides much-needed relief but that opponents say is a giveaway to the rich that will result in long-lasting harm.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) A panel of Idaho lawmakers advanced two bills targeting abortion Wednesday.
The first bill attempts to dissuade women from having abortions if the fetus is diagnosed with Down syndrome. The other bill would eliminate government funding from health care providers, schools or other entities if they provide abortions, refer someone to an abortion provider or even contract with someone affiliated with an abortion provider for non-abortion services.