republic-os/legislation/us/states/id/2026/h-696.md

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Bill	PRISONERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “sexual contact.”	PRISONERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “sexual contact.”	us/states/id	Idaho Legislature	2026	H 696	Idaho H 696 (2026)	bill	CORRECTION DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROCEDURES JUVENILE CORRECTIONS PRISONS AND PRISONERS SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS VICTIMS	enacted		1	18	2	2026-02-16	2026-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/bd2903d1-5958-48a7-9c38-22a57a3a0b6b	https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0696/	864320ec713e580b7168d308012e7e9e788bcb8583eba983379b7398f103ba0e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-id

Idaho H 696 (2026) — PRISONERS – Amends existing law to revise the definition of “sexual contact.”

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read Third Time in Full – — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time in full – — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-02-16 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing introduction
• 2026-02-17 Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
• 2026-03-02 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-04 U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
• 2026-03-05 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – 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. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Dygert, GreenFloor Sponsor - EricksonTitle apvd - to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-06 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
• 2026-03-06 Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules introduction
• 2026-03-19 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Read second time; filed for Third Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-24 Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – 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, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Bjerke(Bjerke)Floor Sponsor - NicholsTitle apvd - to House passage
• 2026-03-24 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling enrolled
• 2026-03-25 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate passage
• 2026-03-25 Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
• 2026-03-25 Signed by President; returned to House passage
• 2026-03-26 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-26 Delivered to Governor at 12:58 p.m. on March 26, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-30 Reported Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 Session Law Chapter 176 Effective: 07/01/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd2903d1-5958-48a7-9c38-22a57a3a0b6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).