H0492 • 2026

PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL – Amends existing law to provide that a certain person from the Idaho Association of Counties shall be a member of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-26
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL – Amends existing law to provide that a certain person from the Idaho Association of Counties shall be a member of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.

What This Bill Does

PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL – Amends existing law to provide that a certain person from the Idaho Association of Counties shall be a member of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.

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Bill History

2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 4:39 p.m. on March 25, 2026
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 157 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-23 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2 AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Adams, Bjerke(Bjerke) Floor Sponsor - Lent Title apvd - to House
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-01-27 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-01-27 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
2026-01-26 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Ehlers, Leavitt, Redman Floor Sponsor - Erickson Title apvd - to Senate
2026-01-23 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-01-22 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-01-19 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
2026-01-16 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL – Amends existing law to provide that a certain person from the Idaho Association of Counties shall be a member of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.

Current Bill Text

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
492
BY
JUDICIARY,
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
PEACE
OFFICER
STANDARDS
AND
TRAINING
COUNCIL;
AMENDING
2
SECTION
19
-
5102,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
THAT
A
CERTAIN
PERSON
FROM
THE
3
IDAHO
ASSOCIATION
OF
COUNTIES
SHALL
BE
A
MEMBER
OF
THE
PEACE
OFFICER
4
STANDARDS
AND
TRAINING
COUNCIL
AND
TO
MAKE
TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS;
AND
5
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
6
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
7
SECTION
1.
That
Section
19
-
5102,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
8
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
19
-
5102.
COUNCIL
ESTABLISHED
-
-
CHAIRMAN
-
-
MEMBERS.
(1)
There
is
10
hereby
established
in
the
Idaho
state
police
the
Idaho
peace
officer
stan
-
1
1
dards
and
training
council.
The
chairman
of
the
council
shall
be
appointed
12
by
the
governor
and
shall
be
a
voting
member
of
the
council
which
.
The
coun
-
13
cil
shall
be
composed
of
the
following
members,
and
which
shall
reflect
a
14
reasonable
geographic
balance
throughout
the
state:
15
(a)
Three
(3)
city
chiefs
of
police
or
their
designees;
16
(b)
Three
(3)
county
sheriffs
or
their
designees;
17
(c)
The
director
of
the
Idaho
state
police
or
his
designee;
18
(d)
A
county
prosecuting
attorney
or
his
designee;
19
(e)
The
attorney
general
or
his
designee;
20
(f)
The
special
agent
in
charge
of
the
Idaho
division
of
the
federal
bu
-
21
reau
of
investigation
or
his
designee;
22
(g)
The
director
of
the
department
of
correction
or
his
designee;
23
(h)
The
director
of
the
fish
and
game
department
or
his
designee;
24
(i)
The
director
of
the
department
of
juvenile
corrections
or
his
de
-
25
signee;
and
26
(j)
A
representative
from
the
Idaho
association
of
counties
juvenile
27
justice
administrators
or
the
Idaho
association
of
counties
adult
mis
-
28
demeanor
probation
administrators
association.
29
(j)
(2)
In
addition,
there
shall
be
advisory
to
the
council,
as
ex
of
-
30
ficio
nonvoting
members
of
the
council,
the
executive
directors
of
the
Idaho
31
association
of
counties
and
association
of
Idaho
cities.
32
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
33
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
34
July
1,
2026.
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