Legislative Judiciary Committee members passed the following new legislation in 2005

•Authorized the director of the Department of Fish and Game to award to a conservation officer his badge, duty weapon and handcuffs upon retirement. H 91

•Prohibited sexual contact between criminal offenders and probation or
parole officers. H 94

•Enacted the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact. Improves the quality and completeness of criminal history records made available to the state when it conducts national fingerprint-based record checks for applicant or noncriminal justice purposes. H 96

•Authorized county sheriffs to seek reimbursement for medical, dental, prescription drug, and other costs of medical services incurred while housing nonindigent inmates in county jails. H 157

•Prohibited operation of audiovisual recording devices in movie theaters without written consent of
theater owners. H 203

•Amended Idaho’s crime victim’s compensation law to increase funeral, burial, and cremation benefits for victims of violent crime and to expand eligibility for mental health treatment for family members of victims of
violent crime. S 1038

•Criminalized attempted strangulation as a felony. S 1062

•Increased penalties for operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent where damages to the vehicle or property taken from the vehicle exceeds $1,000. S 1063

•Enacted the Clandestine Drug Laboratory Cleanup Act. It establishes a program providing standards for the cleanup of clandestine drug laboratories, and sets forth responsibilities of law enforcement agencies and residential property owners for such cleanup. S 1122

•Created a criminal felony statute to penalize individuals who sexually abuse or exploit vulnerable adults. S 1134

•Authorized the Attorney General to negotiate reciprocal agreements with other states related to the recognition of licenses to carry concealed weapons. S 1135

•Made it a felony to intentionally abuse or neglect a vulnerable adult under circumstances likely to produce great bodily harm or death or to exploit a vulnerable adult in those cases where monetary damages exceed
$1,000. S 1153

•Made it a felony for a person to pretend to be a member of the U.S. armed forces or a state or federal officer or employee in order to obtain, or attempt to obtain, personal identifying information about another
person. S 1156

•Expanded the list of crimes for which a person is required to provide a DNA sample and thumbprint impression to the Idaho State Police. S 1197

From: State of Idaho Legislative Services Office. (2005). Legislative Session Summary 2005 Sine Die Report (pp 12). Available at: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2005/sinediereport.pdf