Idaho crime

CDC homicide mortality is based on resident death certificates and is distinct from police-reported crime. Execution procedures concern punishment for a subset of murder offenses. Legal execution is distinct from the homicide deaths measured here, and the connection does not establish prevention. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Idaho evidence context: Homicide deaths · Reported violent-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 2. That Section 19-2716, Idaho Code, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 36, Laws of 2025, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-2716. METHODS OF EXECUTION. (1) The punishment of death shall be inflicted by the following methods: (a) Firing squad; or (b) Continuous, intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of a substance or substances approved by the director of the Idaho department of correction until death is pronounced by a coroner or a deputy coroner. (2) Not later than five (5) days after the issuance of a death warrant, the director of the Idaho department of correction must determine, and certify by affidavit to the court that issued the death warrant, whether execution by firing squad, as described in subsection (1)(a) of this section, is available. (3) If the director certifies that firing squad is available, the method of execution shall be firing squad. (4) If the director does not certify that firing squad is available or fails to file a certification as required pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the method of execution shall be lethal injection, as described in subsection (1)(b) of this section. (5) If a court holds that firing squad is unconstitutional, on its face or as applied, or otherwise determines that lethal injection is a constitutionally required method of execution, the method of execution shall be lethal injection. (6) The director shall determine the procedures to be used in any execution. Such procedures shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code. (7) The provisions of this section shall apply to all executions carried out on and after the effective date of this enactment, irrespective of the date sentence was imposed. SECTION 3. That Section 19-2716A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-2716A. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUB- STANCES -- EXEMPTION -- EXCEPTIONS TO GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY -- CONFI- DENTIALITY -- LICENSURE. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, infliction of the punishment of death in the manner required by section 19-2716, Idaho Code, shall not be construed as the practice of medicine. The director of the department of correction and all persons authorized by him to participate in an execution, as provided in section 19-2716, Idaho Code, shall be exempt from all laws, rules and regulations governing the practice of medicine. (2) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 19-2716, Idaho Code, any pharmacy, prescriber, manufacturer, wholesale distributor or other entity authorized by law to possess controlled substances may distribute controlled substances to the director or his designees and shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for the death of the condemned person. (3) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 19-2716, Idaho Code, the director and his designees may obtain, possess, store and administer controlled substances and are exempt from all laws, rules and regulations governing pharmacies and controlled substances, notwithstanding any other provision of law. Any employee of the state of Idaho participating in an execution pursuant to section 19-2716, Idaho Code, shall be presumed to be acting within the course and scope of his employment and without malice or criminal intent for purposes of section 6-903, Idaho Code. Any employee, agent or contractor of the state of Idaho participating in an execution pursuant to section 19-2716, Idaho Code, shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for the death of the condemned person. (4) For purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 19-2716, Idaho Code, the identities of any of the following persons or entities involved in the planning, training, or performance of an execution shall be confidential, shall not be subject to disclosure, and shall not be admissible as evidence or discoverable in any proceeding before any court, tribunal, board, agency, or person: (a) The on-site emergency medical personnel, any member of the escort team , medical team, or firing squad, and any person or entity that provides technical assistance during the execution process; and (b) Any person or entity who compounds, synthesizes, tests, sells, supplies, manufactures, stores, transports, procures, dispenses, or prescribes the chemicals or substances for use in an execution or that provides the medical supplies or medical equipment for the execution process. (5) If any person who participates or performs ancillary functions in an execution is licensed by a board, the licensing board shall not suspend or revoke the person's license, or take disciplinary action against the person, because of the person's participation in an execution. SECTION 4. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, Sections 1 and 3 of this act shall be in full force and effect on and after passage and approval. Section 2 of this act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2026.

CDC homicide mortality is based on resident death certificates and is distinct from police-reported crime. Execution procedures concern punishment for a subset of murder offenses. Legal execution is distinct from the homicide deaths measured here, and the connection does not establish prevention. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Idaho evidence context: Homicide deaths · Reported violent-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 2. That Section 19-2716, Idaho Code, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 36, Laws of 2025, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-2716. METHODS OF EXECUTION. (1) The punishment of death shall be inflicted by the following methods: (a) Firing squad; or (b) Continuous, intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of a substance or substances approved by the director of the Idaho department of correction until death is pronounced by a coroner or a deputy coroner. (2) Not later than five (5) days after the issuance of a death warrant, the director of the Idaho department of correction must determine, and certify by affidavit to the court that issued the death warrant, whether execution by firing squad, as described in subsection (1)(a) of this section, is available. (3) If the director certifies that firing squad is available, the method of execution shall be firing squad. (4) If the director does not certify that firing squad is available or fails to file a certification as required pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the method of execution shall be lethal injection, as described in subsection (1)(b) of this section. (5) If a court holds that firing squad is unconstitutional, on its face or as applied, or otherwise determines that lethal injection is a constitutionally required method of execution, the method of execution shall be lethal injection. (6) The director shall determine the procedures to be used in any execution. Such procedures shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code. (7) The provisions of this section shall apply to all executions carried out on and after the effective date of this enactment, irrespective of the date sentence was imposed. SECTION 3. That Section 19-2716A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-2716A. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUB- STANCES -- EXEMPTION -- EXCEPTIONS TO GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY -- CONFI- DENTIALITY -- LICENSURE. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, infliction of the punishment of death in the manner required by section 19-2716, Idaho Code, shall not be construed as the practice of medicine. The director of the department of correction and all persons authorized by him to participate in an execution, as provided in section 19-2716, Idaho Code, shall be exempt from all laws, rules and regulations governing the practice of medicine. (2) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 19-2716, Idaho Code, any pharmacy, prescriber, manufacturer, wholesale distributor or other entity authorized by law to possess controlled substances may distribute controlled substances to the director or his designees and shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for the death of the condemned person. (3) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 19-2716, Idaho Code, the director and his designees may obtain, possess, store and administer controlled substances and are exempt from all laws, rules and regulations governing pharmacies and controlled substances, notwithstanding any other provision of law. Any employee of the state of Idaho participating in an execution pursuant to section 19-2716, Idaho Code, shall be presumed to be acting within the course and scope of his employment and without malice or criminal intent for purposes of section 6-903, Idaho Code. Any employee, agent or contractor of the state of Idaho participating in an execution pursuant to section 19-2716, Idaho Code, shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for the death of the condemned person. (4) For purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 19-2716, Idaho Code, the identities of any of the following persons or entities involved in the planning, training, or performance of an execution shall be confidential, shall not be subject to disclosure, and shall not be admissible as evidence or discoverable in any proceeding before any court, tribunal, board, agency, or person: (a) The on-site emergency medical personnel, any member of the escort team , medical team, or firing squad, and any person or entity that provides technical assistance during the execution process; and (b) Any person or entity who compounds, synthesizes, tests, sells, supplies, manufactures, stores, transports, procures, dispenses, or prescribes the chemicals or substances for use in an execution or that provides the medical supplies or medical equipment for the execution process. (5) If any person who participates or performs ancillary functions in an execution is licensed by a board, the licensing board shall not suspend or revoke the person's license, or take disciplinary action against the person, because of the person's participation in an execution. SECTION 4. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, Sections 1 and 3 of this act shall be in full force and effect on and after passage and approval. Section 2 of this act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2026.

The firearm mortality series includes deaths across intents, including homicide and suicide. Transfer procedures and concealed-carry instruction concern firearm access or training; they do not establish an effect on deaths. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Idaho evidence context: Firearm deaths. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

The sheriff must accept as a qualifying handgun course a personal protection course offered by the national rifle association or an equivalent, provided that all personal protection or equivalent courses must meet the following requirements: (i) The course instructor is certified by the national rifle association, or by another nationally recognized organization that customarily certifies firearms instructors, as an instructor in personal protection with handguns, or the course instructor is certified by the Idaho peace officers standards and training council as a firearms instructor; (ii) The course is at least eight (8) hours in duration; (iii) The course is taught face to face and not by electronic or other means; and (iv) The course includes instruction in: 1. Idaho law relating to firearms and the use of deadly force, provided that such instruction is delivered by any of the following whose name and credential must appear on the certificate: (A) An active, senior or emeritus member of the Idaho state bar; (B) A law enforcement officer, active or retired, who currently possesses or possessed at the time of his retirement an intermediate or higher Idaho peace officers standards and training certificate; or (C) An instructor certified by the national rifle association, or equivalent, who has instructed an approved course for enhanced concealed carry for at least eight (8) years; 2. The basic concepts of the safe and responsible use of handguns; 3. Self-defense principles; and 4. Live fire training, including the firing of at least ninety-eight (98) rounds by the student. An instructor must provide a copy of the syllabus and a written description of the course of fire used in a qualifying handgun course that includes the name of the individual instructing the legal portion of the course to the sheriff upon request.

The firearm mortality series includes deaths across intents, including homicide and suicide. Transfer procedures and concealed-carry instruction concern firearm access or training; they do not establish an effect on deaths. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Idaho evidence context: Firearm deaths. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

The sheriff must accept as a qualifying handgun course a personal protection course offered by the national rifle association or an equivalent, provided that all personal protection or equivalent courses must meet the following requirements: (i) The course instructor is certified by the national rifle association, or by another nationally recognized organization that customarily certifies firearms instructors, as an instructor in personal protection with handguns, or the course instructor is certified by the Idaho peace officers standards and training council as a firearms instructor; (ii) The course is at least eight (8) hours in duration; (iii) The course is taught face to face and not by electronic or other means; and (iv) The course includes instruction in: 1. Idaho law relating to firearms and the use of deadly force, provided that such instruction is delivered by any of the following whose name and credential must appear on the certificate: (A) An active, senior or emeritus member of the Idaho state bar; (B) A law enforcement officer, active or retired, who currently possesses or possessed at the time of his retirement an intermediate or higher Idaho peace officers standards and training certificate; or (C) An instructor certified by the national rifle association, or equivalent, who has instructed an approved course for enhanced concealed carry for at least eight (8) years; 2. The basic concepts of the safe and responsible use of handguns; 3. Self-defense principles; and 4. Live fire training, including the firing of at least ninety-eight (98) rounds by the student. An instructor must provide a copy of the syllabus and a written description of the course of fire used in a qualifying handgun course that includes the name of the individual instructing the legal portion of the course to the sheriff upon request.

Foreign-born residents include naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens and people without lawful status. Immigration enforcement provisions address subsets of this population and do not change birthplace or establish any individual resident’s status. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Idaho evidence context: Residents who are foreign-born. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 1. That Section 18-9002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 18-9002. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) "Alien" has the meaning assigned by 8 U.S.C. 1101, as that provision existed on January 1, 2023. (2) "Custodial authority" means the director of the department of correction, county sheriffs, city chiefs of police, and any of their subordinates with the power to confine or detain a person under color of law. (3) "Dangerous crime" means any felony crime as described in Idaho Code or in similar state or federal code, any offense for which an extended term of imprisonment may be imposed pursuant to section 19-2520B, Idaho Code, or any offense requiring sex offender registration as set forth in section 18-8304, Idaho Code. (4) "Dangerous illegal alien" means an illegal alien who has previously been convicted or found guilty, by judgment or withheld judgment, of a dangerous crime in this state or in any other state or nation. (5) "DHS" means the United States department of homeland security and its subordinate agencies and divisions. (6) "Illegal alien" means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older who is verified by the federal government to be present in the United States in violation of the federal immigration and nationality act, 8 U.S.C., and federal rules promulgated in accordance therewith. (7) "Immigration detainer" means a notice or other documentation issued by United States immigration and customs enforcement requesting that a custodial authority or law enforcement official maintain temporary custody of an illegal alien, including a DHS form I-247 document or a similar successor form. (8) "Law enforcement official" means all state, county, and local law enforcement officers, prosecuting attorneys, and city attorneys. (9) "Port of entry" means a port of entry in the United States pursuant to 19 CFR 101. (10) "Violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1) or 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2)" means a conviction in federal court of violating 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1) or 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2) or, in the absence of a charge or conviction, committing acts that would be a violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1) or 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2). SECTION 2. That Section 18-9003, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 18-9003. ILLEGAL ENTRY . (1) A person who is an alien and is eighteen (18) years of age or older commits an offense if the person knowingly enters or attempts to enter this state or is at any time present in this state after having entered the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1) or 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2). (2) A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor upon a first conviction. A second or subsequent conviction shall be a felony. (3) Law enforcement officers may enforce the provisions of this section only when a person is detained or investigated for suspected commission of an independent crime under title 18, Idaho Code, excluding this chapter, or under chapter 27, title 37, Idaho Code. (4) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that: (a) The federal government has affirmatively granted the defendant permission to remain in the United States under a provision of the immigration and nationality act or other federal statute; or (b) The defendant was not investigated for, charged with, or convicted of committing the independent crime for which the defendant was detained or investigated pursuant to subsection (3) of this section . (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a defendant shall not be eligible for deferred adjudication or a withheld judgment if the defendant is charged with or convicted of an offense pursuant to this section.

Foreign-born residents include naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens and people without lawful status. Immigration enforcement provisions address subsets of this population and do not change birthplace or establish any individual resident’s status. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Idaho evidence context: Residents who are foreign-born. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 1. That Section 18-9002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 18-9002. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) "Alien" has the meaning assigned by 8 U.S.C. 1101, as that provision existed on January 1, 2023. (2) "Custodial authority" means the director of the department of correction, county sheriffs, city chiefs of police, and any of their subordinates with the power to confine or detain a person under color of law. (3) "Dangerous crime" means any felony crime as described in Idaho Code or in similar state or federal code, any offense for which an extended term of imprisonment may be imposed pursuant to section 19-2520B, Idaho Code, or any offense requiring sex offender registration as set forth in section 18-8304, Idaho Code. (4) "Dangerous illegal alien" means an illegal alien who has previously been convicted or found guilty, by judgment or withheld judgment, of a dangerous crime in this state or in any other state or nation. (5) "DHS" means the United States department of homeland security and its subordinate agencies and divisions. (6) "Illegal alien" means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older who is verified by the federal government to be present in the United States in violation of the federal immigration and nationality act, 8 U.S.C., and federal rules promulgated in accordance therewith. (7) "Immigration detainer" means a notice or other documentation issued by United States immigration and customs enforcement requesting that a custodial authority or law enforcement official maintain temporary custody of an illegal alien, including a DHS form I-247 document or a similar successor form. (8) "Law enforcement official" means all state, county, and local law enforcement officers, prosecuting attorneys, and city attorneys. (9) "Port of entry" means a port of entry in the United States pursuant to 19 CFR 101. (10) "Violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1) or 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2)" means a conviction in federal court of violating 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1) or 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2) or, in the absence of a charge or conviction, committing acts that would be a violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1) or 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2). SECTION 2. That Section 18-9003, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 18-9003. ILLEGAL ENTRY . (1) A person who is an alien and is eighteen (18) years of age or older commits an offense if the person knowingly enters or attempts to enter this state or is at any time present in this state after having entered the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1) or 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(2). (2) A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor upon a first conviction. A second or subsequent conviction shall be a felony. (3) Law enforcement officers may enforce the provisions of this section only when a person is detained or investigated for suspected commission of an independent crime under title 18, Idaho Code, excluding this chapter, or under chapter 27, title 37, Idaho Code. (4) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that: (a) The federal government has affirmatively granted the defendant permission to remain in the United States under a provision of the immigration and nationality act or other federal statute; or (b) The defendant was not investigated for, charged with, or convicted of committing the independent crime for which the defendant was detained or investigated pursuant to subsection (3) of this section . (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a defendant shall not be eligible for deferred adjudication or a withheld judgment if the defendant is charged with or convicted of an offense pursuant to this section.