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LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 492
BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL; AMENDING
3 SECTION 19-5102, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT A CERTAIN PERSON FROM THE
4 IDAHO ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE PEACE OFFICER
5 STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND
6 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 19-5102, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 19-5102. COUNCIL ESTABLISHED -- CHAIRMAN -- MEMBERS. (1) There is
11 hereby established in the Idaho state police the Idaho peace officer stan-
12 dards and training council. The chairman of the council shall be appointed
13 by the governor and shall be a voting member of the council which . The coun-
14 cil shall be composed of the following members, and which shall reflect a
15 reasonable geographic balance throughout the state:
16 (a) Three (3) city chiefs of police or their designees;
17 (b) Three (3) county sheriffs or their designees;
18 (c) The director of the Idaho state police or his designee;
19 (d) A county prosecuting attorney or his designee;
20 (e) The attorney general or his designee;
21 (f) The special agent in charge of the Idaho division of the federal bu-
22 reau of investigation or his designee;
23 (g) The director of the department of correction or his designee;
24 (h) The director of the fish and game department or his designee;
25 (i) The director of the department of juvenile corrections or his de-
26 signee; and
27 (j) A representative from the Idaho association of counties juvenile
28 justice administrators or the Idaho association of counties adult mis-
29 demeanor probation administrators association.
30 (j) (2) In addition, there shall be advisory to the council, as ex of-
31 ficio nonvoting members of the council, the executive directors of the Idaho
32 association of counties and association of Idaho cities.
33 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
34 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after
35 July 1, 2026.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.