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SENATE BILL NO. 1278

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S1278aaH.............................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
SEXUAL OFFENDER BOARD - Amends existing law to provide that a written
summarization of information relied upon by the Sexual Offender
Classification Board may be made available to the offender; and to withhold
from disclosure certain documents relating to the Sexual Offender
Registration and Notification Act.
                                                                        
01/14    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/15    Rpt prt - to Jud
01/24    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/25    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
01/28    3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins,
      Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Little, Lodge, Marley,
      Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
      Stennett, Thorne(Thorne), Wheeler, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Branch, Sims
    Floor Sponsor - Darrington
    Title apvd - to House
01/29    House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
02/26    Rpt out - to Gen Ord
02/28    Rpt out amen - to 1st rdg as amen
03/01    1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/04    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/08    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 59-0-11
      AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black,
      Block, Boe, Bolz, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Collins, Cuddy, Deal,
      Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner,
      Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
      Kellogg(Duncan), Kendell, Lake, Langford, Loertscher, Mader,
      Martinez, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Pearce, Pomeroy, Raybould,
      Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33),
      Smith(23), Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Wood,
      Young
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Bradford, Clark, Crow, Gould, Jones, Kunz,
      Mortensen, Moyle, Pischner, Roberts, Mr. Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Smith(23)
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/11    Senate concurred in House amens - to engros
03/12    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/14    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
      Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia,
      Little, Lodge, Marley, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder,
      Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Darrington
    Title apvd - to enrol
03/14    Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/15    To Governor
03/21    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 182
         Effective: 01/01/02

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1278
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND  NOTIFICATION  ACT;  AMENDING
  3        SECTION  18-8321,  IDAHO  CODE, TO WITHHOLD CERTAIN DOCUMENTS FROM DISCLO-
  4        SURE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 1.  That Section 18-8321, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        18-8321.  JUDICIAL  REVIEW. (1) Judicial review of an offender's challenge
  9    to the designation as a violent sexual predator is civil,  not  criminal,  and
 10    remedial, not adversarial.
 11        (2)  Immediately  upon  receipt of an offender's objection or challenge to
 12    the designation as a violent sexual predator, the court shall set a date for a
 13    summary hearing.
 14        (3)  Upon notification of a date for a  summary  hearing,  the  prosecutor
 15    shall forthwith turn over all papers, documents and other relevant material to
 16    the court. The following documents produced by the sexual offender classifica-
 17    tion  board shall be withheld from disclosure and available only for in camera
 18    review by the court:
 19        (a)  Records that contain names and addresses, identifying information  or
 20        any  information  that  would lead to the identification of any victims or
 21        witnesses;
 22        (b)  Written statements or testimony of victims, witnesses,  guardians  or
 23        persons representing victims or witnesses;
 24        (c)  Reports  prepared  specifically for use by the commission for pardons
 25        and parole in making parole determinations  pursuant  to  section  20-223,
 26        Idaho Code; and
 27        (d)  Other  records to remain confidential consistent with rules of crimi-
 28        nal or civil procedure.
 29        (4)  Judicial review under this chapter shall be conducted as  a  summary,
 30    in camera review proceeding, in which the court decides only whether to affirm
 31    or  reverse the board's designation of the offender as a violent sexual preda-
 32    tor.
 33        (5)  The court shall have broad discretion over whether and to what extent
 34    witnesses and cross-examination will be allowed.
 35        (6)  The rules of evidence do not apply.
 36        (7)  The court may rely on documentary evidence, such as expert  opinions,
 37    for all issues.
 38        (8)  Nonconviction  offense, i.e., criminal activity that has not been the
 39    subject of a conviction, shall be considered in review of the board's designa-
 40    tion, provided that  there  is  sufficient  evidence  that  the  nonconviction
 41    offense occurred.
 42        (9)  Where the proof, whether in the form of reliable hearsay, affidavits,
 43    or  offers  of  live testimony, creates a genuine issue of material fact as to
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1    whether the offender is a violent sexual predator, the court should convene  a
  2    fact-finding hearing and permit live testimony.
  3        (10) The state bears the burden of presenting a prima facie case that jus-
  4    tifies the designation as a violent sexual predator.
  5        (11) The  court shall affirm the board's determination unless persuaded by
  6    a preponderance of the evidence that it does not conform to  the  law  or  the
  7    guidelines.
  8        (12) The  offender  is  entitled to challenge the designation as a violent
  9    sexual predator based upon two (2) grounds:
 10        (a)  The offender may introduce evidence that the calculation that led  to
 11        the  designation  as  a  violent sexual predator was incorrectly performed
 12        either because of a factual error, because the offender disputes  a  prior
 13        offense,  because  the variable factors were improperly determined, or for
 14        similar reasons; and
 15        (b)  The offender may introduce evidence at the hearing that the  designa-
 16        tion  as  a violent sexual predator does not properly encapsulate the spe-
 17        cific case, i.e., the offender may maintain that the  case  falls  outside
 18        the typical case of this kind and, therefore, that the offender should not
 19        be designated as a violent sexual predator.
 20        (13) Either party may appeal the decision of the court.
 21        (14) Offenders  who are not designated as violent sexual predators are not
 22    entitled to judicial review under this section.
                                                                        
 23        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 24    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 25    passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 2002.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                        Moved by    Smith            
                                                                        
                                                        Seconded by Gould            
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                              HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1278
                                                                        
  1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 16, delete  "The"  and  insert:  "A
  3    written  summarization of information relied upon by the sexual offender clas-
  4    sification board may be made available to the offender. However the".
                                                                        
  5                                 CORRECTION TO TITLE
  6        On page 1, in line 3, following  "TO"  insert:  "PROVIDE  THAT  A  WRITTEN
  7    SUMMARIZATION OF INFORMATION RELIED UPON BY THE SEXUAL OFFENDER CLASSIFICATION
  8    BOARD MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFENDER AND TO".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                       SENATE BILL NO. 1278, As Amended in the House
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND  NOTIFICATION  ACT;  AMENDING
  3        SECTION  18-8321,  IDAHO  CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT A WRITTEN SUMMARIZATION OF
  4        INFORMATION RELIED UPON BY THE SEXUAL OFFENDER CLASSIFICATION BOARD MAY BE
  5        MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFENDER AND TO WITHHOLD CERTAIN DOCUMENTS FROM DIS-
  6        CLOSURE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Section 18-8321, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        18-8321.  JUDICIAL  REVIEW. (1) Judicial review of an offender's challenge
 11    to the designation as a violent sexual predator is civil,  not  criminal,  and
 12    remedial, not adversarial.
 13        (2)  Immediately  upon  receipt of an offender's objection or challenge to
 14    the designation as a violent sexual predator, the court shall set a date for a
 15    summary hearing.
 16        (3)  Upon notification of a date for a  summary  hearing,  the  prosecutor
 17    shall forthwith turn over all papers, documents and other relevant material to
 18    the  court.  A  written summarization of information relied upon by the sexual
 19    offender classification board may be made available to the  offender.  However
 20    the  following  documents produced by the sexual offender classification board
 21    shall be withheld from disclosure and available only for in camera  review  by
 22    the court:
 23        (a)  Records  that contain names and addresses, identifying information or
 24        any information that would lead to the identification of  any  victims  or
 25        witnesses;
 26        (b)  Written  statements  or testimony of victims, witnesses, guardians or
 27        persons representing victims or witnesses;
 28        (c)  Reports prepared specifically for use by the commission  for  pardons
 29        and  parole  in  making  parole determinations pursuant to section 20-223,
 30        Idaho Code; and
 31        (d)  Other records to remain confidential consistent with rules of  crimi-
 32        nal or civil procedure.
 33        (4)  Judicial  review  under this chapter shall be conducted as a summary,
 34    in camera review proceeding, in which the court decides only whether to affirm
 35    or reverse the board's designation of the offender as a violent sexual  preda-
 36    tor.
 37        (5)  The court shall have broad discretion over whether and to what extent
 38    witnesses and cross-examination will be allowed.
 39        (6)  The rules of evidence do not apply.
 40        (7)  The  court may rely on documentary evidence, such as expert opinions,
 41    for all issues.
 42        (8)  Nonconviction offense, i.e., criminal activity that has not been  the
 43    subject of a conviction, shall be considered in review of the board's designa-
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1    tion,  provided  that  there  is  sufficient  evidence  that the nonconviction
  2    offense occurred.
  3        (9)  Where the proof, whether in the form of reliable hearsay, affidavits,
  4    or offers of live testimony, creates a genuine issue of material  fact  as  to
  5    whether  the offender is a violent sexual predator, the court should convene a
  6    fact-finding hearing and permit live testimony.
  7        (10) The state bears the burden of presenting a prima facie case that jus-
  8    tifies the designation as a violent sexual predator.
  9        (11) The court shall affirm the board's determination unless persuaded  by
 10    a  preponderance  of  the  evidence that it does not conform to the law or the
 11    guidelines.
 12        (12) The offender is entitled to challenge the designation  as  a  violent
 13    sexual predator based upon two (2) grounds:
 14        (a)  The  offender may introduce evidence that the calculation that led to
 15        the designation as a violent sexual  predator  was  incorrectly  performed
 16        either  because  of a factual error, because the offender disputes a prior
 17        offense, because the variable factors were improperly determined,  or  for
 18        similar reasons; and
 19        (b)  The  offender may introduce evidence at the hearing that the designa-
 20        tion as a violent sexual predator does not properly encapsulate  the  spe-
 21        cific  case,  i.e.,  the offender may maintain that the case falls outside
 22        the typical case of this kind and, therefore, that the offender should not
 23        be designated as a violent sexual predator.
 24        (13) Either party may appeal the decision of the court.
 25        (14) Offenders who are not designated as violent sexual predators are  not
 26    entitled to judicial review under this section.
                                                                        
 27        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
 28    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 29    passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 2002.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                      RS 11416
Upon being designated as a violent sexual predator by the sexual offender 
classification board, the offender may challenge the designation by judicial 
review. In order to be able to make the best decision, the Court must have 
available all information utilized by the Sexual Offender Classification 
Board. However, some of the documents are not a public record, and, 
therefore, must not become an actual part of the Court's public record. Such 
documents must be reviewed on by the Judge for purposes of the summary 
hearing.

Furthermore, crime victims of the offenders being reviewed by the Sexual 
Offender Classification Board for violent sexual predator designation are 
oftentimes reluctant to make life impact statements for the Board's 
consideration for fear of reprisal by the offender. This bill would provide a 
safety measure for these victims by ensuring that their confidentiality, 
identity and whereabouts will not be released to the offender via judicial 
review of his violent sexual predator designation.
                                   FISCAL IMPACT
No impact on state or local fund is anticipated from this change.


CONTACT
Name: Kathy Baird
Agency: Correction, Dept of
Phone: 658-2149

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