H0696 • 2026

PRISONERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “sexual contact.”

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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PRISONERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “sexual contact.”

What This Bill Does

PRISONERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “sexual contact.”

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Bill History

2026-03-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 176 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 - Nichols Title apvd - to House
2026-03-24 Idaho State Legislature
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
2026-03-20 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
2026-03-05 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen(Athay), 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, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Dygert, Green Floor Sponsor - Erickson Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-04 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-03-03 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-02 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

PRISONERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “sexual contact.”

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.
696
BY
JUDICIARY,
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
PRISONERS;
AMENDING
SECTION
18
-
6110,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
A
2
DEFINITION;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
3
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
4
SECTION
1.
That
Section
18
-
6110,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
5
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
18
-
6110.
SEXUAL
CONTACT
WITH
A
PRISONER.
(1)
It
is
a
felony
for
any
em
-
7
ployee
of
the
Idaho
department
of
correction,
Idaho
department
of
juvenile
8
corrections
or
any
officer,
employee
or
agent
of
a
state,
local
or
private
9
correctional
facility,
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
18
-
101A,
Idaho
10
Code,
to
have
sexual
contact
with
a
prisoner
or
juvenile
offender,
not
their
1
1
spouse,
whether
an
in
-
state
or
out
-
of
-
state
prisoner
or
juvenile
offender,
12
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
18
-
101A,
Idaho
Code.
13
(2)
It
is
a
felony
for
any
supervising
officer,
as
that
term
is
defined
14
in
section
18
-
101A,
Idaho
Code,
to
knowingly
have
sexual
contact
with
any
15
parolee
or
probationer,
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
18
-
101A,
Idaho
16
Code,
who
is
not
the
person's
spouse.
17
(3)
For
the
purposes
of
this
section
"sexual
contact"
means
sexual
in
-
18
tercourse,
genital
-
genital
contact,
manual
-
anal
contact,
manual
-
genital
19
contact,
oral
-
genital
contact,
anal
-
genital
contact
or
,
oral
-
anal
contact,
20
contact
between
the
mouth
and
any
body
part,
or
any
willful
physical
contact,
21
over
or
under
the
clothing,
when
the
physical
contact
is
done
with
the
in
-
22
tent
of
arousing,
appealing
to,
or
gratifying
the
lust,
passion,
or
sexual
23
desires
of
the
actor
or
any
other
person,
between
persons
of
the
same
or
oppo
-
24
site
sex.
25
(4)
Any
person
found
guilty
of
sexual
contact
with
a
prisoner
or
juve
-
26
nile
offender
is
punishable
by
imprisonment
in
the
state
prison
for
a
term
27
not
to
exceed
life.
28
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
29
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
30
July
1,
2026.
31