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HOUSE BILL NO. 589 – Controlled substance/child present

HOUSE BILL NO. 589

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H0589aa..............................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - CHILDREN - Amends existing law relating to uniform
controlled substances to revise the penalties applicable to the manufacture
or delivery of methamphetamine or amphetamine where children are present.
                                                                        
02/08    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/09    Rpt prt - to Jud
02/16    Rpt out - to Gen Ord
    Rpt out amen - to engros
02/17    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/23    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 64-0-6
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer, Bedke, Bell,
      Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark,
      Collins, Crow, Deal, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18),
      Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake,
      LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller,
      Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould,
      Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
      Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie(Luker),
      Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Barraclough, Brackett, Denney, Field(23), Sali,
      Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Ring
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/24    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/07    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/09    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES -- Andreason(Hatch), Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
      Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Sweet
    Floor Sponsor - Davis
    Title apvd - to House
03/10    To enrol
03/13    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/14    Pres signed
03/15    To Governor
03/15    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 76
         Effective: 07/01/06

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 589
                                                                        
                      BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; AMENDING  SECTION  37-2737A,  IDAHO
  3        CODE, TO REVISE THE PENALTIES APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF
  4        METHAMPHETAMINE OR AMPHETAMINE WHERE CHILDREN ARE PRESENT.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That Section 37-2737A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        37-2737A.  MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WHERE  CHILDREN
  9    ARE  PRESENT. (1) Except as authorized in this chapter, it is unlawful for any
 10    person to manufacture or deliver, or possess with the intent to manufacture or
 11    deliver, a controlled substance as defined in schedules I, II, III and  IV  in
 12    this  chapter,  upon the same premises where a child under the age of eighteen
 13    (18) years is present.
 14        (2)  As used in this section, "premises" means any:
 15        (a)  Motor vehicle or vessel;
 16        (b)  Dwelling or rental unit including, but  not  limited  to,  apartment,
 17        townhouse,  condominium,  mobile  home,  manufactured  home, motel room or
 18        hotel room;
 19        (c)  Dwelling house, its curtilage and any other outbuildings.
 20        (3)  Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, aA  person  who
 21    violates  the  provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and upon
 22    conviction may be imprisoned for a term not to exceed five  (5)  years,  fined
 23    not  more  than  five  thousand dollars ($5,000), or be both so imprisoned and
 24    fined.
 25        (4)  A person who violates the provisions of this section by manufacturing
 26    or delivering, or possessing with the intent to manufacture or deliver,  meth-
 27    amphetamine   or   amphetamine   in   quantities   as   specified  in  section
 28    37-2732B(a)(5), Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a felony  and  upon  conviction
 29    may  be  imprisoned  for  a  term of up to ten (10) years, fined not more than
 30    twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or be both so imprisoned and fined.
 31        (5)  Any fine imposed under the provisions of this  section  shall  be  in
 32    addition  to the fine imposed for any other offense, and any term of imprison-
 33    ment shall be consecutive to any term imposed for any other  offense,  regard-
 34    less of whether the violation of the provisions of this section and any of the
 35    other offenses have arisen from the same act or transaction.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Ring                
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Field (18)          
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                              HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 589
                                                                        
  1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 28,  delete  "(a)(5)"  and  insert:
  3    "(a)(4)".

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


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                               HOUSE BILL NO. 589, As Amended
                                                                        
                      BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; AMENDING  SECTION  37-2737A,  IDAHO
  3        CODE, TO REVISE THE PENALTIES APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF
  4        METHAMPHETAMINE OR AMPHETAMINE WHERE CHILDREN ARE PRESENT.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That Section 37-2737A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        37-2737A.  MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WHERE  CHILDREN
  9    ARE  PRESENT. (1) Except as authorized in this chapter, it is unlawful for any
 10    person to manufacture or deliver, or possess with the intent to manufacture or
 11    deliver, a controlled substance as defined in schedules I, II, III and  IV  in
 12    this  chapter,  upon the same premises where a child under the age of eighteen
 13    (18) years is present.
 14        (2)  As used in this section, "premises" means any:
 15        (a)  Motor vehicle or vessel;
 16        (b)  Dwelling or rental unit including, but  not  limited  to,  apartment,
 17        townhouse,  condominium,  mobile  home,  manufactured  home, motel room or
 18        hotel room;
 19        (c)  Dwelling house, its curtilage and any other outbuildings.
 20        (3)  Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, aA  person  who
 21    violates  the  provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and upon
 22    conviction may be imprisoned for a term not to exceed five  (5)  years,  fined
 23    not  more  than  five  thousand dollars ($5,000), or be both so imprisoned and
 24    fined.
 25        (4)  A person who violates the provisions of this section by manufacturing
 26    or delivering, or possessing with the intent to manufacture or deliver,  meth-
 27    amphetamine   or   amphetamine   in   quantities   as   specified  in  section
 28    37-2732B(a)(4), Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a felony  and  upon  conviction
 29    may  be  imprisoned  for  a  term of up to ten (10) years, fined not more than
 30    twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or be both so imprisoned and fined.
 31        (5)  Any fine imposed under the provisions of this  section  shall  be  in
 32    addition  to the fine imposed for any other offense, and any term of imprison-
 33    ment shall be consecutive to any term imposed for any other  offense,  regard-
 34    less of whether the violation of the provisions of this section and any of the
 35    other offenses have arisen from the same act or transaction.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 15893C1

The purpose of this legislation is to provide for a prison
sentence or fine, or both, for conviction of the manufacture or
sale of methamphetamine or amphetamine in the presence of a
child.    


                           FISCAL NOTE

This legislation may increase the prison population, but an exact
cost cannot be determined.




Contact
Name: Representative Ring 
Phone: 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 589