H0681 • 2026

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – Amends existing law to provide that there shall be no statute of limitations for certain felonies.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-30
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – Amends existing law to provide that there shall be no statute of limitations for certain felonies.

What This Bill Does

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – Amends existing law to provide that there shall be no statute of limitations for certain felonies.

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Bill History

2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 191 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
2026-03-26 Idaho State Legislature
Delivered to Governor at 12:58 p.m. on March 26, 2026
2026-03-25 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
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
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, 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 – Bjerke(Bjerke) Floor Sponsor - Adams Title apvd - to House
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
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
2026-03-11 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-11 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Rules Suspended: Ayes 64 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 6, read in full as required – PASSED - 64-0-6 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson(Larsen), Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Beiswenger, Berch, Green, Holtzclaw, Mickelsen, Wheeler Floor Sponsor - Hall Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-02-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
2026-02-16 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – Amends existing law to provide that there shall be no statute of limitations for certain felonies.

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.
681
BY
JUDICIARY,
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE;
AMENDING
SECTION
19
-
401,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PRO
-
2
VIDE
THAT
THERE
SHALL
BE
NO
STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS
FOR
CERTAIN
FELONIES;
3
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
19
-
401,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
19
-
401.
NO
STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS
FOR
CERTAIN
FELONIES.
Notwithstand
-
8
ing
any
other
provision
of
law,
there
is
no
limitation
of
time
within
which
a
9
prosecution
for
the
following
crimes
must
be
commenced:
10
(1)
Murder;
1
1
(2)
Voluntary
manslaughter;
12
(3)
Rape
pursuant
to
section
18
-
6101(3)
through
(10),
Idaho
Code;
13
(4)
Sexual
abuse
of
a
child
or
,
lewd
conduct
with
a
child
,
or
aggravated
14
lewd
conduct
with
a
child
as
set
forth
in
sections
18
-
1506
and
,
18
-
1508,
15
18
-
1508B,
and
18
-
1508C,
Idaho
Code;
or
16
(5)
Producing
or
making
sexually
exploitative
material
as
set
forth
in
17
section
18
-
1507(2)(b),
Idaho
Code;
or
18
(5)
(6)
An
act
of
terrorism
as
set
forth
in
sections
18
-
8102,
18
-
8103,
19
18
-
3322,
18
-
3323
and
18
-
3324,
Idaho
Code.
20
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
21
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
22
July
1,
2026.
23