H0518 • 2026

HUMAN TRAFFICKING – Amends existing law to provide that the Attorney General shall have certain authority.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-12
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-03-11

Plain English Breakdown

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING – Amends existing law to provide that the Attorney General shall have certain authority.

What This Bill Does

HUMAN TRAFFICKING – Amends existing law to provide that the Attorney General shall have certain authority.

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Bill History

2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 11, 2026 Session Law Chapter 15 Effective: 03/11/2026
2026-03-11 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 3:53 p.m. on March 10, 2026
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by President; returned to House
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-0-4 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Keyser(Galloway), Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Den Hartog, Lent, Rabe, Woodward Floor Sponsor - Foreman Title apvd - to House
2026-02-20 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-02-19 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-02-05 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-02-05 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
2026-02-04 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Berch, Thompson Floor Sponsor - Skaug Title apvd - to Senate
2026-02-03 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-02-02 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-01-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-01-26 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
2026-01-23 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

HUMAN TRAFFICKING – Amends existing law to provide that the Attorney General shall have certain authority.

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.
518
BY
JUDICIARY,
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
HUMAN
TRAFFICKING;
AMENDING
SECTION
18
-
8605,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
2
PROVIDE
THAT
THE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
SHALL
HAVE
CERTAIN
AUTHORITY;
AND
3
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
18
-
8605,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
18
-
8605.
AUTHORITY
OF
THE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
(1)
The
attorney
general
8
shall
employ
such
attorneys,
investigators,
and
other
personnel
as
neces
-
9
sary
to
carry
out
the
following
responsibilities
using
funds
allocated
to
10
the
office
of
the
attorney
general
for
such
purpose:
1
1
(1)
(a)
To
issue,
by
January
1
of
each
even
-
numbered
year,
a
report
12
outlining
the
status
of
the
state's
efforts
to
combat
human
trafficking
13
and
recommending
next
steps
one
(1)
or
more
bodies
of
state
government
14
should
take
to
eradicate
human
trafficking
in
Idaho;
15
(2)
(b)
To
compile
and
maintain
curriculum
for
the
training
of
prosecu
-
16
tors,
law
enforcement,
victim
advocates,
and
the
public
on
identifying,
17
investigating,
and
prosecuting
human
trafficking;
and
18
(3)
(c)
To
assist,
upon
request,
county
prosecuting
attorneys
and
other
19
law
enforcement
agencies
in
the
investigation
and
prosecution
of
human
20
trafficking.
21
(2)
Any
state
or
local
law
enforcement
agency
may
submit
the
findings
22
of
a
human
trafficking
investigation
to
the
attorney
general,
who
shall
have
23
authority,
in
his
sole
discretion,
to
investigate
and
prosecute
human
traf
-
24
ficking
under
this
act.
25
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
26
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
its
27
passage
and
approval.
28