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Senate committee advances bill broadening Idaho indecent-exposure law
Summary
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 270 to the floor with a "do pass" recommendation after testimony from sponsors, law enforcement and opponents about whether the measure would modernize Idaho's indecent-exposure statute or criminalize already lawful expression.
BOISE — The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to advance House Bill 270 on a "do pass" recommendation after sponsors said the measure updates Idaho's indecent-exposure statute to clarify enforcement and opponents said the language is vague and risks unequal enforcement.
House Bill 270, sponsored in the House by Representative Jeff Cornelis of Nampa and supported in the Senate by Representative Tanner and Nampa City Council Member Sebastian Griffin, amends Idaho Code §18-40116 to update the definition of "willful" and "lewd" indecent exposure, including language intended to cover breasts that "have been medically or hormonally altered to appear like that of developed or developing female breasts," the bill text and sponsors' statements say.
The bill's sponsors said the change is intended to give law enforcement and prosecutors clearer authority when people expose themselves in public in a way that offends others. "This simply, this…
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