Senate committee kills sex education âopt-inâ bill
Kevin Richert, IdahoEdNews.org
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Rep. Barbara Ehardt R-Idaho Falls
BOISE (IdahoEdNews.org) An âopt-inâ bill for courses in human sexuality is dead for the session.
On a 5-4 vote, the Senate Education Committee rejected House Bill 249, which would have given parents the right to opt their children into classes on sexuality.
Under the current law, which remains place despite Wednesdayâs vote, local school districts decide on curriculum in sex education and human sexuality. Parents have the right to opt children out of classes on sex education.
HB 249 would not have changed the opt-out language on sex ed â on discussions of the physiology of sex. But the bill would have added opt-in language for discussions on âthe topics of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, eroticism, sexual pleasure, or sexual intimacy.â
Idaho could soon offer compensation for wrongful convictions
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Senate unanimously passes bill to compensate the wrongfully convicted
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Chris Tapp breaks down after a judge exnorates him of the 1996 rape and murder of Angie Dodge | EastIdahoNews.com file photo
BOISE A bill to compensate the wrongfully convicted in Idaho unanimously passed the Senate on Wednesday.
Sen. Doug Ricks, R-Rexburg, introduced the legislation this year. In 2020, the House and Senate passed a similar bill, but Gov. Brad Little vetoed it. After working with the governor’s office to craft a bill acceptable to him, Ricks brought it to the Legislature again.
“People who have been wrongly convicted have been robbed of years of their lives, and once they have been fully exonerated, they are left to pick up the pieces of their lives on their own,” Ricks said in a news release. “It’s an accepted principle of fairness in our society to compensate citizens who, through no fault of their own, have suffered losses.”
Lawmakers taking another swing to pass bill that will compensate the wrongfully convicted
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Rep. Doug Ricks and Christopher Tapp in 2020. | Courtesy Idaho Innocence Project
IDAHO FALLS Idaho lawmakers are taking another crack to pass a bill that will compensate people wrongfully convicted of crimes.
Last year, Gov. Brad Little vetoed a bill passed by the House and Senate that would have given tens of thousands of dollars to those wrongfully convicted. Sen. Doug Ricks, R-Rexburg, introduced the new bill’s printing this week to the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee.
While serving in the house last year, Ricks introduced the 2020 version of the legislation, which had nearly unanimous bipartisan support. The COVID-19 pandemic cut the legislative session short, leaving legislators unable to reach a solution after the veto.
IDAHO FALLS â Aâlana Marmel had insurance.
It was a last resort policy â one that might not help a ton with routine doctor visits, but would keep the single mother of two afloat if an emergency struck. Catastrophic insurance, as brokers call it.
Then Marmel needed surgery. It could wait. So she did. A year later, she had her medically necessary but not time-sensitive surgery â an ovarian mass found to be benign once removed â after Medicaid expansion took effect in Idaho this January.
âI ended up having to basically wait,â Marmel recalled recently. At a screening before the surgery, she found out the mass had grown more complex.
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