Pet friendly license plate proposal stalls in Idaho House

[TexasTowelie]

BOISE — Idaho lawmakers are showing little love for their furriest constituents in the final days of the legislative session.

A proposal that would have created a "pet friendly" specialty license plate died on the House floor Monday after a series of narrow votes.

During the first attempt, the bill died in a 31-31 tie vote. House members then agreed to reconsider the vote once a handful of previously absent lawmakers returned on the floor. However, that attempt also failed in a 32-31 vote.

The measure was backed by Democratic Rep. Hy Kloc, who has worked on the bill for several years but has been forced to appoint a substitute this entire session due to illness.

Read more: http://magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/pet-friendly-license-plate-proposal-stalls-in-idaho-house/article_d9e77e35-6717-5aa0-bdc5-1e179f0b5bc2.html

[Skittles]

1. why would anyone vote against that?

[TexasTowelie]

2. Funds raised through the license plate would have benefited spay and neutering programs

sounds way too close to "birth control" for Idaho Republicans?

[Canoe52]

3. Dont want no damn govrnment telling them what to do.