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H0471................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
PRISONERS - Amends existing law relating to prisoners to provide that
escape shall be deemed to include abandonment of a job site or work
assignment without the permission of an employment supervisor or officer.
02/01 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/02 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/14 3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Cuddy,
Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley,
Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner,
Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman,
Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman,
Trail(Miller), Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Geddes, Hornbeck, Linford, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Bell
Title apvd - to Senate
02/15 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
02/29 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/01 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/27 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--None
Floor Sponsor - Cameron
Title apvd - to House
03/28 To enrol
03/29 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/30 Pres signed
03/31 To Governor
04/03 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 151
Effective: 07/01/00
H0471
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 471
BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO ESCAPE OF PRISONERS; AMENDING SECTION 18-2505, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO-
3 VIDE THAT ESCAPE SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE ABANDONMENT OF A JOB SITE OR
4 WORK ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF AN EMPLOYMENT SUPERVISOR OR
5 OFFICER AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
6 DATE.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 18-2505, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 18-2505. ESCAPE BY ONE CHARGED WITH, CONVICTED OF, OR ON PROBATION FOR A
11 FELONY -- ESCAPE BY JUVENILE. (1) Every prisoner charged with, convicted of,
12 or on probation for a felony who is confined in any jail or prison including
13 the state penitentiary or any private prison, or who while outside the walls
14 of such jail or prison in the proper custody of any officer or person, or
15 while in any factory, farm or other place without the walls of such jail or
16 prison, who escapes or attempts to escape from such officer or person, or from
17 such jail or prison, or from such factory, farm or other place without the
18 walls of such jail or prison, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction
19 thereof, any such second term of imprisonment shall commence at the time he
20 would otherwise have been discharged. Escape shall be deemed to include aban-
21 donment of a job site or work assignment without the permission of an employ-
22 ment supervisor or officer.
23 (2) Any person under the age of eighteen (18) years charged with, found
24 to have committed, or on probation for an offense which would be a felony if
25 committed by an adult who is confined in a juvenile detention facility or
26 other secure or nonsecure facility for juveniles and who escapes or attempts
27 to escape from the facility or from the lawful custody of any officer or per-
28 son shall be subject to proceedings under chapter 5, title 20, Idaho Code, for
29 an offense which would be a felony if committed by an adult. If the juvenile
30 is or has been proceeded against as an adult, pursuant to sections 20-508 or
31 20-509, Idaho Code, the juvenile shall be guilty of a felony for a violation
32 of this section and shall be subject to adult criminal proceedings.
33 SECTION 2. This act shall be in full force and effect on and after July
34 1, 2000.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 09751
The purpose of this legislation is to amend Section 18-2505, Idaho
Code to provide that escape shall include the abandonment of a work
site or job without permission by an employment supervisor or
officer. This amendment was requested by Jerome County Prosecuting
Attorney John B. Lothspeich after an incident where a work release
individual escaped from a work site instead of escaping from an
officer.
FISCAL NOTE
None.
CONTACT: Representative Stevenson
Representative Bell 332-1000
Jerome County Prosecutor John Lothspeich 324-7547
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE Bill No. H 471