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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.

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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.

house Chamber· Mar 16, 2017

House Third Reading

✓ Passed
64 Yea
6 Nay
Passed by 58 votes
Republican
53 yea/6 nay
Democrat
11 yea/0 nay
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Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs