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H0594................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
STUDENTS - HAZING - Amends existing law to prohibit students on or near
schools from hazing any member, potential member or person pledged to be a
member of a group or organization as a condition or precondition of gaining
membership in the group or organization; to provide exceptions; and to
provide that a student who violates the provisions of the section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
02/08 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
02/12 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/13 3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-1-4
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black,
Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Collins,
Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Hadley, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck,
Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Mader,
Martinez, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smith(23), Smylie, Stone,
Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Clark
Absent and excused -- Gould, Hammond, Loertscher, Stevenson
Floor Sponsor - Field(13)
Title apvd - to Senate
02/14 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/05 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/06 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/12 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, King-Barrutia, Little,
Lodge, Marley, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims,
Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Keough
Floor Sponsor - Dunklin
Title apvd - to House
03/13 To enrol
03/14 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/14 To Governor
03/26 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 268
Effective: 07/01/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 594
BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO HAZING; AMENDING SECTION 18-917, IDAHO CODE, TO PROHIBIT STUDENTS
3 ON OR NEAR SCHOOLS FROM HAZING ANY MEMBER, POTENTIAL MEMBER OR PERSON
4 PLEDGED TO BE A MEMBER OF A GROUP OR ORGANIZATION AS A CONDITION OR
5 PRECONDITION OF GAINING MEMBERSHIP IN THE GROUP OR ORGANIZATION, TO STRIKE
6 AN EXCEPTION, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS AND TO PROVIDE THAT A STUDENT WHO VIO-
7 LATES THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Section 18-917, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 18-917. HAZING. (1) No student or member of a fraternity, sorority or
12 other living or social student group or organization organized or operating on
13 or near a school or college or university campus, for purposes of participat-
14 ing in student activities of the college or university, shall intentionally
15 haze or conspire to haze any member, potential member or person pledged to be
16 a member of the group or organization, as a condition or precondition of
17 attaining membership in the group or organization or of attaining any office
18 or status therein.
19 (2) As used in this section, "haze" means to subject a person to bodily
20 danger or physical harm or a likelihood of bodily danger or physical harm, or
21 to require, encourage, authorize or permit that the person be subjected to any
22 of the following:
23 (a) Total or substantial nudity on the part of the person;
24 (b) Compelled ingestion of any substance by the person;
25 (c) Wearing or carrying of any obscene or physically burdensome article
26 by the person;
27 (d) Physical assaults upon or offensive physical contact with the person;
28 (e) Participation by the person in boxing matches, excessive number of
29 calisthenics, or other physical contests;
30 (f) Transportation and abandonment of the person;
31 (g) Confinement of the person to unreasonably small, unventilated, unsan-
32 itary or unlighted areas;
33 (h) Sleep deprivation; or
34 (i) Assignment of pranks to be performed by the person.
35 (3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to curricular activi-
36 ties or to athletic teams of or within the college or university The term
37 "hazing," as defined in this section, does not include customary athletic
38 events or similar contests or competitions, and is limited to those actions
39 taken and situations created in connection with initiation into or affiliation
40 with any group or organization. The term "hazing" does not include corporal
41 punishment administered by officials or employees of public schools when in
42 accordance with policies adopted by local boards of education.
43 (4) A student or member of a fraternity, sorority or other student orga-
2
1 nization, who personally violates any provision of this section shall be
2 guilty of a misdemeanor.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11953
This legislation intends to extend the hazing statute for the
protection of all students.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
Contact
Name: Representative Debbie Field
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 594