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Tax Accountabiltiy (2005)
Adds to existing law to provide the Tax Credit and Economic Development Expenditure Act; and to provide for reporting to the Director of Commerce and Labor for tax credits and
economic development expenditures received by a company...
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Metal Health Parity for State Employees (2005)
Authored by Representatives Margaret Henbest, Nicole LeFavour & Elmer Martinez, with support from Rep. Kathie Garrett. (PASSED INTO LAW). This legislation proposes to create a pilot program to allow the state to establish the real costs and benefits of including mental health coverage in group health insurance coverage. This legislation sets forth findings of the legislature concerning the costs, both societal and economic, of leaving mental health disorders untreated...
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Property Tax Relief (2006)
Amends existing law relating to property tax relief to expand the definition of "claimant"; and to provide that recovery procedures apply to persons falsely claiming the federal earned income credit.
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Teen Early Intervention Specialists (2006)
Providing clinically trained mental health & substance abuse specialists to Idaho High schools & Jr. Highs (PASSED INTO LAW). TEEN EARLY INTERVENTION - Amends and adds to existing law to permit teen early intervention counselors to participate on interagency multidisciplinary teams; to define teens at risk; to provide for contracting by the Department of Health and Welfare with school districts for early teen intervention counselors; to authorize the department to employ teen early intervention counselors; to provide qualifications for such counselors...
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Treatment Focused Alternative to Mandatory Minimum Sentences (2007)
Treatment Focused Alternative to Mandatory Minimum Sentences – Authored by Senator LeFavour. Never given a hearing. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - SENTENCING - Amends and adds to existing law to revise sentencing procedures for persistent controlled substance violators; to revise sentencing and penalty provisions for drug trafficking offenses; to provide that persons convicted or found guilty of certain crimes shall be evaluated and assigned by the court or a correctional institution to a treatment plan; to define "substance abuse related crime"; to provide an alternative to the unified sentence act; and to provide procedures.
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Universal Sales Tax Exemption Law for Charitable Non-Profit Organizations (2008)
This legislation simplifies Idaho's statutes addressing exemptions to the sales tax. For years, individual non-profit entities have approached the legislature one by one to be named in this statute and thus exempted from the obligation to pay taxes on their purchases. This legislation reorganizes this section of code for clarity and creates global exemptions which encompass the exemptions provided by the previous statute without naming entities...
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Sentencing – Treatment Focused Alternative to Mandatory Minimum Sentences (2008)
Senator LeFavour authored this legislation and it was co-sponsored by several House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee. SUBSTANCE ABUSE CRIMES - Amends existing law to provide additional options for sentencing for certain substance abuse related crimes; and to include additional information required to be reported by the Supreme Court and the Department of Correction to the Legislature and the Governor regarding mental health and substance abuse treatment.
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Human Rights Act (2008)
Senator LeFavour authored this legislation. It was presented to the Senate State Affairs Committee by Leslie Goddard & Senator Tim Corder. It had bipartisan co-sponsorship in the House & Senate. This legislation will end decades of discrimination against men and women in every part of Idaho and set a tone for the state making clear that it is wrong to fire someone from a job, refuse to promote or fairly compensate someone, for no other reason than that they are gay.....
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Group Insurance Coverage Accessible to Unmarried Couples at Employer’s Request (2009)
Senator LeFavour authored this. It was diverted to the State Affairs committee which successfully killed it.
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Public Benefits Available to Certain Refugees (2009)
2009 Public Benefits Available to Certain Refugees – Authored largely by Maria Andrade. (PASSED INTO LAW)
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Idaho Local Food Resolution (2010)
Authored by Janie Burns. Co-Sponsored by Senators Corder & LeFavour as well as Rep. Trail. LOCALLY GROWN FOOD PRODUCTIONS - Stating the findings of the legislature encouraging healthy, locally-grown food production, distribution and consumption in the State of Idaho; support of local farming, the consumption of locally grown foods and the promotion of greater food self-sufficiency within the state; and further encouraging Idahoans and Idaho businesses to celebrate and get to know their local growers and to purchase and consume more food which is produced in or near Idaho.
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Proposed Legislation
