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HOUSE BILL NO. 470

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H0470.................................................by STONE AND SCHAEFER
                     Requested by: Stone and Schaefer
PASTORAL COUNSELORS - Repeals existing law to delete the licensure and
regulation of pastoral counselors.

01/12    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/12    Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
01/23    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/26    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/05    3rd rdg - PASSED - 51-19-0
      AYES -- Barrett, Bell, Bivens, Black(23), Boe, Callister, Campbell,
      Chase, Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
      Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
      Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
      McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
      Richman, Ridinger, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stone, Tippets, Trail,
      Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Alltus, Barraclough, Bieter, Black(15), Bruneel, Hansen,
      Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kjellander, Linford, Newcomb,
      Robison, Stoicheff, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Watson
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsors - Stone, Schaefer, Sali
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/06    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel

Bill Text

H0470


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 470

                                  BY STONE AND SCHAEFER


 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO LICENSING OF  PASTORAL  COUNSELORS;  REPEALING  SECTION  54-3405A,
 3        IDAHO CODE.

 4    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 5        SECTION  1.  That Section 54-3405A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 6    repealed.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

    





    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
         RS 07285
    
    The purpose of this legislation is to repeal Section 54-3405A, Idaho Code, which 
    provides for licensing and regulation of pastoral counselors, for the following reasons:
    
    (1) Pastoral counseling involves spiritual insight, interpretation, and instruction divine precepts. 
    These are personal matters beyond the expertise of the state and into which it cannot justly intrude.
    
    (2) The current law:
    (a) poses a great potential for regulatory abuse and further government
    intrusion in religious matters;
    (b) is biased and discriminatory in its approval of pastoral counselors;
    (c) is biased and discriminatory in its approval of divine instruction;
    (d) is unfairly biased and discriminatory in its minimum education and experience
    requirements; and
    (e) is biased and exclusionary with regard to accredited institutions and
    associations.
    
    FISCAL NOTE
    
    None to the general fund.
    
    CONTACT: Nels Wilson - 459-3635 or
             Alan Stroud - 378-4049
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
    
    H 470