BOISE, ID – The Idaho Senate in a 20-11 vote on Wednesday advanced a bill to prevent government entities from displaying certain flags.
House Bill 96 prevents government entities from displaying flags on its properties, with exceptions to:
- The U.S. flag
- The official flag of a government entity
- U.S. state flags
- Military flags
- POW/MIA flags
- Tribe flags
- Country flags to commemorate special occasions
- Flags of Idaho colleges, universities and schools
The bill already passed the Idaho House of Representatives in a 53-17 vote. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk where he can sign it, let it become law without his signature or veto it.
The bill sponsor, Sen. Ben Toews, R-Coeur d’Alene, said the bill “isn’t stifling freedom of speech,” and local and state governments should remain neutral…