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H02782017 Regular Session

Adds to existing law to provide for first informer broadcasters in the Idaho Emergency Operations Plan and to provide for training.

EMERGENCIES -- Adds to existing law to provide for first informer broadcasters in the Idaho Emergency Operations Plan and to provide for training.

EMERGENCIES

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

This legislation is referred to as "First Informer" legislation that basically defines broadcasters, including engineers and reporters as First Informers during times of a declared emergency. It allows for their access to emergency sites to either take care of their transmitters and/or inform the public through their stations about the emergency and what the public can do.

HOW THEY VOTED

house Chamber· Mar 16, 2017

House Third Reading

✓ Passed
64 Yea
6 Nay
Passed by 82.86 votes

LATEST ACTION

Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs

BILL INFO

Session
2017
Chamber
house
Status date
Mar 16, 2017

LINKS

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