HOUSE BILL 52
RS30038 / H0052
This is one of a series of bills the Supreme Court has recommended in its annual report to the Governor concerning defects or omissions in the laws, as required by article V, section 25 of the Idaho Constitution. Grand jury proceedings are confidential, and I.C. § 19-1111 recognizes this by specifically identifying jurors, prosecutors, witnesses, and interpreters as the only persons who may be present during the proceedings. Since a record of the proceedings must be kept, this statute should also permit a person designated to report the proceeding to be present. Similarly, I.C. § 19-3023 provides that child witnesses may be accompanied by a support person when testifying in a criminal matter. Grand jury proceedings are criminal matters, and as a result, support persons for child witnesses should also be permitted to be present during such proceedings. In recognition of the need to record grand jury proceedings, and in light of I.C. § 19-3023’s direction to permit child witnesses to be accompanied by a support person, persons designated to report the proceeding and support persons for child witnesses should be added to I.C. § 19-1111’s listing of persons who may be present at grand jury sessions.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01/30 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| 01/31 | Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration |
| 02/16 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
| 02/17 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 02/20 | Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1 AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Allgood Floor Sponsor - Wroten Title apvd - to Senate |
| 02/21 | Received from the House passed; filed for first reading |
| Introduced, read first time; referred to: Judiciary & Rules | |
| 03/02 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading |
| 03/03 | Read second time; filed for Third Reading |
| 03/13 | Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Adams Floor Sponsor - Hart Title apvd - to House |
| Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling | |
| 03/14 | Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate |
| Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker | |
| Signed by President; returned to House | |
| 03/15 | Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor |
| 03/16 | Delivered to Governor at 12:25 p.m. on March 15, 2023 |
| 03/20 | Reported Signed by Governor on March 16, 2023 Session Law Chapter 42 Effective: 07/01/2023 |