S1414 • 2026

RAPE – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the punishment for rape.

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Sponsor: JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-20
Official status: S Jud
Effective date: Not listed

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RAPE – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the punishment for rape.

What This Bill Does

RAPE – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the punishment for rape.

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Bill History

2026-03-20 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing

Official Summary Text

RAPE – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the punishment for rape.

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1414
BY
JUDICIARY
AND
RULES
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
RAPE;
AMENDING
SECTION
18
-
6104,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REVISE
A
PROVI
-
2
SION
REGARDING
THE
PUNISHMENT
FOR
RAPE
AND
TO
MAKE
TECHNICAL
CORREC
-
3
TIONS;
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
18
-
6104,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
18
-
6104.
PUNISHMENT
FOR
RAPE.
Rape
is
punishable
by
imprisonment
in
8
the
state
prison
not
no
less
than
one
(1)
year
five
(5)
years
,
and
the
im
-
9
prisonment
may
be
extended
to
life
in
the
discretion
of
the
District
Judge
10
district
judge
,
who
shall
pass
sentence.
1
1
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
12
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
13
July
1,
2026.
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