On a 51-19 party-line vote, the Idaho House today passed HJR4,
the constitutional amendment designed to make it much harder for
Idahoans to solve transit issues on a regional basis. The Senate will
vote next week. It needs two-thirds to pass, then it would go on to
need just a simple majority from November voters to become a very, very
bad law.
Here's hoping the Senate can kill the bill before it goes that far. Given even a slight shift in the legislature next year, a more reasonable and regionally oriented local option bill could prevail next winter.
Cross posted at the Boise Bus Blog.
Correction, per Eye on Boise: It wasn't quite a party-line vote. Transit advocate Republican Leon Smith voted against the amendment, while Mary Lou Shepherd voted for it.
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