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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 874 Requires Youth Service Organizations to Conduct Sex Offender Checks and Sexual Abuse Training
Last action · March 12, 2026: Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
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What This Bill Proposed
YOUTH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS – Adds to existing law to establish protections regarding youth service organizations.
The measure establishes statutory negligence standards in child abuse lawsuits against youth service organizations and gives liability insurers explicit authority to verify compliance before issuing coverage.
- House Bill 874 was introduced by the State Affairs Committee during the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-eighth Idaho Legislature. context
- The legislation creates Chapter 25 of Title 16 of the Idaho Code to institute statewide background check requirements for entities providing services to minors outside of traditional school systems. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Youth Service Organizations
Organizations must conduct mandatory sex offender checks, provide regular sexual abuse training, implement written prevention policies, and face statutory negligence standards in lawsuits if they fail to comply.
Youth Workers
Employees and volunteers must provide identification for sex offender checks and complete mandatory sexual abuse identification and reporting training every 24 months.
Liability Insurers
Insurers are explicitly authorized to request compliance information or require proof of compliance as a condition of providing liability insurance.
Key Facts
- Youth service organizations must conduct a registered sex offender check on every employee or volunteer before allowing them to work with children.
- Youth workers must complete training in sexual abuse identification, grooming behaviors, and reporting procedures at least once every 24 months.
- Organizations are prohibited from employing any individual who is listed on the state sexual offender registry or the national sex offender public website.
- Starting July 1, 2026, an organization is legally considered negligent in child molestation lawsuits if it failed to run a required check or knowingly hired a registered sex offender.
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- Liability insurers may request compliance information or require compliance proof as a condition of providing insurance coverage to a youth service organization.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 12, 2026CommitteeReported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- Mar 11, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
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Statutory Negligence Standard
The bill introduces specific statutory criteria under which a youth service organization is automatically considered negligent in molestation lawsuits if sex offender checks are skipped.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 80)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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