S1370 • 2026

ABORTION TRAFFICKING – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding abortion trafficking.

Abortion

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Sponsor: JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-13
Official status: H St Aff
Effective date: Not listed

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ABORTION TRAFFICKING – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding abortion trafficking.

What This Bill Does

ABORTION TRAFFICKING – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding abortion trafficking.

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Bill History

2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature
Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature
Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-6-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Rundhaug(Carlson), Toews, VanOrden, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – Rabe, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow Absent and excused – Ruchti Floor Sponsor - Lakey Title apvd - to House
2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; filed for Third Reading
2026-03-09 Idaho State Legislature
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2026-03-05 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
2026-03-04 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing

Official Summary Text

ABORTION TRAFFICKING – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding abortion trafficking.

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1370
BY
JUDICIARY
AND
RULES
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
ABORTION
TRAFFICKING;
AMENDING
SECTION
18
-
623,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
2
REVISE
A
PROVISION
REGARDING
ABORTION
TRAFFICKING;
AND
DECLARING
AN
3
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
4
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
5
SECTION
1.
That
Section
18
-
623,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
18
-
623.
ABORTION
TRAFFICKING.
(1)
An
adult
who,
with
the
intent
to
8
conceal
an
abortion
from
the
parents
or
guardian
of
a
pregnant,
unemanci
-
9
pated
minor,
either
procures
an
abortion,
as
described
in
section
18
-
604,
10
Idaho
Code,
or
obtains
an
abortion
-
inducing
drug
for
the
pregnant
minor
to
1
1
use
for
an
abortion
by
recruiting,
harboring
,
or
transporting
the
pregnant
12
minor
within
this
state
commits
the
crime
of
abortion
trafficking.
As
used
13
in
this
subsection,
the
terms
"procure"
and
"obtain"
shall
not
include
the
14
providing
of
information
regarding
a
health
benefit
plan.
15
(2)
It
shall
be
an
affirmative
defense
to
a
prosecution
under
subsec
-
16
tion
(1)
of
this
section
that
a
parent
or
guardian
of
the
pregnant
minor
con
-
17
sented
to
trafficking
of
the
minor.
18
(3)
It
shall
not
be
an
affirmative
defense
to
a
prosecution
under
sub
-
19
section
(1)
of
this
section
that
the
abortion
provider
or
the
abortion
-
in
-
20
ducing
drug
provider
is
located
in
another
state.
21
(4)
The
Idaho
attorney
general
has
the
authority,
at
the
attorney
gen
-
22
eral's
sole
discretion,
to
prosecute
a
person
for
a
criminal
violation
of
23
this
section
if
the
prosecuting
attorney
authorized
to
prosecute
criminal
24
violations
of
this
section
refuses
to
prosecute
violations
of
any
of
the
pro
-
25
visions
of
this
section
by
any
person
without
regard
to
the
facts
or
circum
-
26
stances.
27
(5)
Any
person
who
commits
the
crime
of
abortion
trafficking,
as
pro
-
28
vided
in
subsection
(1)
of
this
section,
shall
be
punished
by
imprisonment
29
in
the
state
prison
for
no
less
than
two
(2)
years
and
no
more
than
five
(5)
30
years.
31
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
32
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
33
July
1,
2026.
34