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H0123...................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
INCEST - PRISON TERM - Amends existing law to increase the maximum prison term
for the crime of incest from ten years to twenty-five years.
01/28 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/29 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/21 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-1-1
AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter,
Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins,
Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest,
Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez,
McGeachin, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen, Raybould,
Ridinger, Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler,
Schaefer(Schaefer), Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24),
Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Tilman, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Ring
Absent and excused -- McKague
Floor Sponsors - Andersen & Smith(30)
Title apvd - to Senate
02/24 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/19 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/20 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/24 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Ingram,
Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McKenzie, McWilliams,
Noble, Noh, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett,
Sweet, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Calabretta, Davis, Williams
Floor Sponsor - Richardson
Title apvd - to House
03/25 To enrol
03/26 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/27 Pres signed
03/28 To Governor
04/02 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 202
Effective: 07/01/03
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 123
BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE CRIME OF INCEST; AMENDING SECTION 18-6602, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PRISON TERM FOR THE CRIME OF INCEST.
4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 SECTION 1. That Section 18-6602, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
6 amended to read as follows:
7 18-6602. INCEST. Persons being within the degrees of consanguinity within
8 which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void, who intermarry
9 with each other, or who commit fornication or adultery with each other, are
10 punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding ten (10) twenty-
11 five (25) years.
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 12580
The purpose of this bill is to change the maximum possible prison
sentence for the crime of incest from 10 years to 25 years.
FISCAL IMPACT
Fiscal impact is difficult to determine as it is based on the number of
crimes committed, convictions and sentencing. However, according to the
Dept. of Corrections, there have been 3 convictions for incest
statewide in the last 5 years, or 0.6 convictions per year. Of those 3,
only 1 was sentenced to prison time, or 0.2 convictions with prison
time per year. The average cost to hold a prisoner per day is $51
general fund or $18,615 per year. $18,615 multiplied by 0.2 convictions
with prison time per year is $3723. The prisoner could potentially be
held for up to 15 years longer than is currently in statute. $3723
multiplied by 15 is $55,845. However, to look at it a different way, it
currently costs $186,150 to hold a prisoner for 10 years. It costs
$465,375 to hold a prisoner for 25 years. That is a difference of
$279,225.
Contact
Name: Rep. Allen Andersen
Phone: 332-1130
Name: Rep. Elaine Smith
Phone: 332-1130
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE Bill No.123