S1239 • 2026

SEX OFFENDERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “daycare.”

Enacted

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

Sponsor: JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-18
Official status: LAW
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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SEX OFFENDERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “daycare.”

What This Bill Does

SEX OFFENDERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “daycare.”

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Bill History

2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Signed by Governor on 03/17/26 Session Law Chapter 38 Effective: 07/01/2026
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported delivered to Governor at 4:10 p.m. on 03/16/26
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature
Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature
Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson(Larsen), 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, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Church, Skaug Floor Sponsor - Beiswenger Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature
Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2026-03-06 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-05 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2026-02-10 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2026-02-10 Idaho State Legislature
Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
2026-02-09 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, 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 – Foreman Floor Sponsor - Nichols Title apvd - to House
2026-02-06 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-02-05 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-01-30 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
2026-01-29 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing

Official Summary Text

SEX OFFENDERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “daycare.”

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1239
BY
JUDICIARY
AND
RULES
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
SEX
OFFENDERS;
AMENDING
SECTION
18
-
8329,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
2
A
DEFINITION
AND
TO
MAKE
TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMER
-
3
GENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
18
-
8329,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
18
-
8329.
ADULT
CRIMINAL
SEX
OFFENDERS
-
-
PROHIBITED
ACCESS
TO
SCHOOL
8
CHILDREN
-
-
EXCEPTIONS.
(1)
If
a
person
is
currently
registered
or
is
re
-
9
quired
to
register
under
pursuant
to
the
sex
offender
registration
act
as
10
provided
in
chapter
83,
title
18,
Idaho
Code,
it
is
a
misdemeanor
for
such
1
1
person
to:
12
(a)
Be
upon
on
or
to
remain
on
the
premises
of
any
school
building
or
13
school
grounds
in
this
state,
upon
on
the
premises
or
grounds
of
any
14
daycare,
or
upon
on
other
properties
posted
with
a
notice
that
they
15
are
used
by
a
school
or
daycare,
when
the
person
has
reason
to
believe
16
children
under
the
age
of
eighteen
(18)
years
of
age
are
present
and
are
17
involved
in
a
school
or
daycare
activity,
or
when
children
are
present
18
within
thirty
(30)
minutes
before
or
after
a
scheduled
school
or
daycare
19
activity.
20
(b)
Knowingly
loiter
on
a
public
way
within
five
hundred
(500)
feet
from
21
the
property
line
of
school
or
daycare
grounds
in
this
state,
includ
-
22
ing
properties
posted
with
a
notice
that
they
are
used
by
a
school
or
23
daycare,
when
children
under
the
age
of
eighteen
(18)
years
of
age
are
24
present
and
are
involved
in
a
school
or
daycare
activity,
or
when
chil
-
25
dren
are
present
within
thirty
(30)
minutes
before
or
after
a
scheduled
26
school
or
daycare
activity.
27
(c)
Be
in
any
conveyance
owned
or
leased
by
a
school
or
daycare
to
trans
-
28
port
students
to
or
from
school
or
daycare
or
a
school
-
or
daycare
-
re
-
29
lated
activity
when
children
under
the
age
of
eighteen
(18)
years
of
age
30
are
present
in
the
conveyance.
31
(d)
Reside
within
five
hundred
(500)
feet
of
the
property
on
which
a
32
school
or
daycare
is
located,
measured
from
the
nearest
point
of
the
ex
-
33
terior
wall
of
the
offender's
dwelling
unit
to
the
school's
or
daycare's
34
property
line,
provided
however,
that
this
paragraph
shall
not
apply
35
if
such
person's
residence
was
established
prior
to
July
1,
2006,
for
36
a
school,
and
prior
to
July
1,
2020,
for
a
daycare
in
existence
on
that
37
date.
This
paragraph
shall
not
apply
to
such
person
whose
residence
is
38
established
prior
to
the
establishment
of
a
daycare
within
five
hundred
39
(500)
feet
of
his
dwelling
unit.
40
(e)
For
purposes
of
this
chapter,
"school"
means
any
public
or
private
41
school.
"Daycare"
means
any
licensed
daycare
as
defined
in
chapter
11,
42

2
title
39,
Idaho
Code
,
that
is
licensed
or
is
zoned,
permitted,
or
ap
-
1
proved
by
a
city
or
county
for
use
as
a
daycare
.
2
The
posted
notices
required
in
this
subsection
shall
be
at
least
one
hundred
3
(100)
square
inches,
shall
make
reference
to
section
18
-
8329,
Idaho
Code,
4
shall
include
the
term
"registered
sex
offender
,
"
and
shall
be
placed
at
all
5
public
entrances
to
the
property.
6
(2)
The
provisions
of
subsection
(1)(a)
and
(b)
of
this
section
shall
7
not
apply
when
the
person:
8
(a)
Is
a
student
in
attendance
at
the
school;
or
9
(b)
Is
exercising
his
right
to
vote
in
public
elections;
or
10
(c)
Is
taking
delivery
of
his
mail
through
an
official
post
office
lo
-
1
1
cated
on
school
grounds;
or
12
(d)
Contacts
the
school
district
or
daycare
office
annually
and
prior
13
to
his
first
visit
of
a
school
year
and
has
obtained
written
permission
14
from
the
district
or
daycare
to
be
on
the
school
or
daycare
grounds
or
15
upon
on
other
property
posted
with
a
notice
that
the
property
is
used
by
16
a
school
or
daycare.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
"contacts
the
17
school
district
or
daycare
office"
shall
include
mail,
facsimile
ma
-
18
chine,
or
by
computer
using
the
internet.
The
provisions
of
this
sub
-
19
section
are
required
for
an
individual
who:
20
(i)
Is
dropping
off
or
picking
up
a
child
or
children
and
the
per
-
21
son
is
the
child
child's
or
children's
parent
or
legal
guardian;
or
22
(ii)
Is
attending
an
academic
conference
or
other
scheduled
ex
-
23
tracurricular
school
event
with
school
officials
present
when
the
24
offender
is
a
parent
or
legal
guardian
of
a
child
who
is
partic
-
25
ipating
in
the
conference
or
extracurricular
event.
"Extracur
-
26
ricular"
means
any
school
-
sponsored
activity
that
is
outside
the
27
regular
curriculum,
occurring
during
or
outside
regular
school
28
hours,
including
but
not
limited
to
academic,
artistic,
athletic
,
29
or
recreational
activities;
or
30
(iii)
Is
temporarily
on
school
or
daycare
grounds
,
during
school
31
hours
,
for
the
purpose
of
making
a
mail,
food,
or
other
delivery.
32
(3)
The
provisions
of
subsection
(1)(d)
of
this
section
shall
not
apply
33
when
the
person:
34
(a)
Resides
at
a
state
-
licensed
or
certified
facility
for
incarcera
-
35
tion,
health,
or
convalescent
care;
or
36
(b)
Stays
at
a
homeless
shelter
or
resides
at
a
recovery
facility,
if
37
such
shelter
or
facility
has
been
approved
for
sex
offenders
by
the
38
county
sheriff
or
municipal
police
chief.
39
(4)
Nothing
in
this
section
shall
prevent
a
school
district
or
daycare
40
from
adopting
more
stringent
safety
and
security
requirements
for
employees
41
and
nonemployees
while
they
are
in
district
or
daycare
facilities
and/or
on
42
district
or
daycare
properties.
If
adopting
more
stringent
safety
and
se
-
43
curity
requirements,
the
school
district
or
daycare
shall
provide
the
re
-
44
quirements
to
any
individual
listed
in
subsection
(2)(d)(i)
through
(iii)
by
45
mail,
facsimile
machine,
or
by
computer
using
the
internet.
46
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
47
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
48
July
1,
2026.
49