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H 88 Idaho House · 68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY – Amends existing law to provide that soliciting commercial sexual activity shall be a felony.

Idaho's H 88 bill changes the law to make soliciting commercial sexual activity a felony for second or subsequent offenses. It directly affects individuals who pay for or arrange sexual acts for payment, upgrading penalties from a misdemeanor (with a 5-day jail minimum) to a felony. The bill specifies that offering money for sexual contact or arranging such acts for payment will now carry felony charges upon repeat violations. It includes a technical correction to the existing law and takes effect on July 1, 2025.
Issues: ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeBill expands criminalization by upgrading soliciting commercial sex to felony for repeat offenses, increasing penalties beyond prior misdemeanor standards.95% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action Feb 24, 2025
Floor votes · House Feb 21, 2025

How they voted

46–19
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 66
Feb 21, 2025
D Democratic9
8 Yea 1
88% Yea
R Republican57
38 Yea 19 Nay
66% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 50-19-1AYES – Achilles, Andrus, Berch, Boyle, Cannon, Cheatum, Church, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Sauter, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(14), Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. SpeakerNAYS –
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.