Idaho 2020 Session Status: Enacted

H 497 — HEALTH AND WELFARE – Adds to existing law to provide for yellow dots on motor vehicles that contain medical information that may be used by first responders on the scene of an accident or emergency situation.

Last action — Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2020 Session Law Chapter 283 Effective: 07/01/2020

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    Passed House
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2020. Enacted.

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497 BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE AN ACT RELATING TO THE YELLOW DOT MOTOR VEHICLE MEDICAL INFORMATION ACT;
497, As Amended BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE AN ACT RELATING TO THE YELLOW DOT MOTOR VEHICLE MEDICAL INFORMATION ACT;
AMENDING TITLE 39, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW CHAPTER 47, TITLE 39, IDAHO CODE, TO ESTABLISH THE YELLOW DOT MOTOR VEHICLE MEDICAL INFOR- MATION ACT, TO PROVIDE A SHORT TITLE, TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE INTENT, TO DEFINE TERMS, TO PROVIDE FOR AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING, TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLICITY, TO PROVIDE FOR A CERTAIN MEDICAL INFORMATION FORM, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROGRAM MATERIALS, TO PROVIDE FOR USE OF THE PROGRAM IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
AMENDING TITLE 39, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW CHAPTER 47, TITLE 39, IDAHO CODE, TO ESTABLISH THE YELLOW DOT MOTOR VEHICLE MEDICAL INFOR- MATION ACT, TO PROVIDE A SHORT TITLE, TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE INTENT, TO DEFINE TERMS, TO PROVIDE FOR AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING, TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLICITY, TO PROVIDE FOR A CERTAIN MEDICAL INFORMATION FORM, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROGRAM MATERIALS, TO PROVIDE FOR USE OF THE PROGRAM IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, TO PROVIDE A LIMITATION OF LIABIL- ITY FOR CERTAIN FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRESENCE OF A YELLOW DOT ON A MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL NOT PROVIDE PROBABLE CAUSE.
39-4710.
PRESENCE OF A YELLOW DOT ON A MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL NOT PROVIDE PROBABLE CAUSE.
Nothing in this chapter shall provide a peace officer with probable cause or other legal authority to stop a motor vehicle.
Except for the limited authority provided in section 39-4708, Idaho Code, nothing in this chapter shall provide a peace officer with probable cause or other legal authority to search a motor vehicle or its occupants.
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Action History

  1. Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2020 Session Law Chapter 283 Effective: 07/01/2020

  2. Delivered to Governor at 2:25 p.m. on March 19, 2020

  3. Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor

  4. Signed by President; returned to House

  5. Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker

  6. Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate

  7. Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling

  8. Read third time in full – PASSED - 25-7-3AYES – Anthon, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Heider, Hill, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Ward-Engelking, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Agenbroad, Bair, Bayer, Crabtree, Johnson, Mortimer, VickAbsent and excused – Grow, Jordan, NelsonFloor Sponsor - HarrisTitle apvd - to House

  9. Retained on calendar

  10. Read second time; filed for Third Reading

  11. Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading

  12. Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare

  13. Received from the House passed; filed for first reading

  14. Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 36-32-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderst, Berch, Chew, Davis, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gibbs, Goesling, Green, Hartgen, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Lickley, Marshall, McCrostie, Monks, Necochea, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Anderson, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Gestrin, Giddings, Harris, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kiska, Mason, Mendive, Moon, Nichols, Palmer, Scott, Shepherd, Stevenson, Wisniewski, Young, Zito, ZollingerAbsent – Moyle, SmithFloor Sponsor - TroyTitle apvd - to Senate

  15. Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading

  16. Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading

  17. Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills

  18. Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing

  19. Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing

  20. Reported out without recommendation as amended

  21. Referred to the Committee of the Whole

  22. Retained on General Orders

  23. U.C. to be placed on General Orders

  24. Read second time; Filed for Third Reading

  25. Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading

  26. Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare

  27. Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Sponsors

  • HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE · Primary

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Sponsors (1)

  • HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (104)

104 members have not signed on to this bill.

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public-safety healthcare
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Who sponsors H 497?
H 497 is sponsored by HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2020. Enacted.
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