House Bill 393 Summary

• Amends Section 46-1008 of Idaho Code to add requirements that gubernatorial emergency orders and proclamations must be narrowly tailored to protect life or property without placing unnecessary restrictions on people's ability to work, provide for their families, or contribute to the state economy.

• Maintains existing 30-day limit on disaster emergencies, with allowance for extension for additional 30-day periods, and preserves the legislature's authority to terminate a state of disaster emergency by concurrent resolution.

• Adds new subsection (7) prohibiting the governor and any governmental entity from imposing restrictions on the lawful possession, transfer, sale, transport, storage, display or use of firearms or ammunition during a declared state of disaster emergency.

• Declares an emergency, making the act effective immediately upon passage and approval.