This bill increases the Project Choice program fee from $3 to $8 for Idaho state police registrations, with the additional funds going to the state law enforcement fund. The money will be used to create a career ladder and provide salary incentives for hiring and retaining trained commissioned officers, dispatch personnel, and forensic personnel within the Idaho state police. The fee applies to registrations starting in calendar year 2007 and later, and existing employees who benefited from the program before July 1, 2010, will continue to receive benefits. The bill also includes standard provisions for severability and declares an emergency to set an effective date of July 1, 2026.
This bill amends Idaho law to define and criminalize abortion trafficking, which occurs when an adult recruits, harbors, or transports a pregnant minor within the state to conceal an abortion from the minor's parents or guardian. The law applies to anyone who procures or obtains an abortion for the minor, though it explicitly excludes sharing health plan information from this definition. Prosecutors can be bypassed by the attorney general if local officials refuse to enforce the law, and the crime carries a prison sentence of two to five years. Parents or guardians consenting to the trafficking can use this as a legal defense, but the location of the abortion provider outside Idaho does not provide a defense. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2026.
