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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House bill 604 requires convicted sex offenders to undergo psychosexual evaluations at their own expense and sets repayment rules for indigent defendants
Last action · February 9, 2026: Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
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What This Bill Proposed
SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding a psychosexual evaluation, to provide that failure to provide an evaluation may be an aggravating circumstance, to revise a provision regarding payment for a psychosexual evaluation by a defendant, and to establish provisions regarding use of certain funding and restitution.
Changes financial obligations and sentencing risk for convicted sex offenders and shifts evaluation costs to defendants or counties, with mandatory restitution provisions for publicly funded evaluations.
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.
convicted sex offenders
Offenders must undergo and pay for psychosexual evaluations prior to sentencing and face sentencing aggravating factors if they fail to provide the report.
Idaho counties
Counties must pay for psychosexual evaluations for indigent defendants and are owed repayment through sentencing conditions or restitution.
certified evaluators
Evaluators must be selected from a central roster and are generally barred from providing subsequent treatment to the evaluated offender.
Key Facts
- Offenders pleading guilty or found guilty of violations listed in section 18-8304 must undergo a psychosexual evaluation from a certified evaluator prior to sentencing and incarceration or probation release.
- The evaluation must be done at the person's own expense, following standards established by the sexual offender management board.
- The court selects the certified evaluator from a central roster compiled by the sexual offender management board.
- A certified evaluator performing the evaluation is disqualified from providing any treatment ordered as a condition of the sentence, unless waived by the court.
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- If a defendant fails to make a good faith effort to provide the completed evaluation to the court, the court may consider it an aggravating circumstance during sentencing.
- If an offender demonstrates indigency, the psychosexual evaluation is paid for by the county.
- Indigent offenders whose evaluations are county-paid are required to repay the county as a condition of their sentence.
- If funding is provided for or on behalf of the defendant by a governmental entity, the defendant must make restitution to that entity under chapter 53, title 19, Idaho Code.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What happens if a defendant fails to provide the evaluation to the court?
Can the person who conducts the evaluation also provide the offender's court-ordered treatment?
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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- Feb 9, 2026CommitteeReported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
- Feb 6, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Mandatory Defendant-Funded Psychosexual Evaluations
The bill explicitly ties non-compliance with submitting court-ordered evaluations directly to sentencing via aggravating circumstances while establishing clear repayment flows for indigent cases.
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Sources
legislature.idaho.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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