Bill Analyses and Ratings
Bill Information: S1249 – Time Zone Reference Cleanup – Juvenile Corrections
Bill Summary
Senate Bill 1249 removes the word “standard” from the phrase “mountain standard time” in Idaho Code Section 20-524A, which governs when the Department of Juvenile Corrections must begin reimbursing counties for juvenile detention costs. The existing law requires the department to reimburse counties for detention time exceeding five calendar days after receiving a court commitment order. The law currently specifies that orders received after 3 o’clock p.m. mountain standard time are considered received the next business day.
The bill is part of the Idaho Code Cleanup Act, which aims to remove obsolete, outdated, or unnecessary language from state statutes. By removing “standard” from the time zone reference, the statute will simply refer to “mountain time,” which encompasses both mountain standard time and mountain daylight time depending on the season. The bill includes an emergency clause making it effective July 1, 2026.
Overall Assessment
This bill makes a single technical correction to juvenile corrections law by removing one word from a time zone reference. The change updates the statute to reflect modern time zone terminology without altering when the Department of Juvenile Corrections must begin reimbursing counties for juvenile detention costs. The modification has no substantive policy impact on any stakeholder group.
Rating Breakdown
ARTICLE I. RESPONSIBILITY IN GOVERNMENT (0)
The deletion of "standard" from "mountain standard time" in Section 20-524A is a purely technical correction to time zone terminology. This change does not affect government spending, taxation, fiscal policy, or any aspect of government responsibility or accountability.
ARTICLE II. CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT (0)
The bill modifies administrative timing language in juvenile corrections law. It has no connection to citizen participation, election processes, voting rights, or public engagement in government.
ARTICLE III. EDUCATION (0)
The bill addresses juvenile corrections detention cost reimbursement timing. It does not involve education policy, school funding, parental rights in education, curriculum, or any educational matter.
ARTICLE IV. AGRICULTURE (0)
The technical correction to time zone language in juvenile corrections law has no relationship to agriculture, farming, ranching, agricultural water rights, or agricultural education.
ARTICLE V. WATER (0)
The bill modifies time zone terminology in juvenile corrections law. It does not address water rights, water management, inter-basin transfers, or any water-related policy.
ARTICLE VI. NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (0)
The bill's single-word deletion from a juvenile corrections statute has no connection to natural resources, environmental policy, federal lands, wilderness areas, or resource management.
ARTICLE VII. ENERGY (0)
The technical correction to time zone language does not involve energy policy, energy independence, hydroelectric power, nuclear energy, or electrical rates.
ARTICLE VIII. IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORIES (0)
The bill addresses juvenile corrections administrative timing. It has no relationship to Idaho National Laboratory, nuclear research, or energy technology development.
ARTICLE IX. PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS (0)
The modification of time zone terminology in juvenile corrections law does not affect private property rights, takings, eminent domain, or property development regulations.
ARTICLE X. STATE AND FEDERAL LANDS (0)
The bill's technical correction to Section 20-524A has no connection to state or federal land management, ownership, or transfer policies.
ARTICLE XI. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT (0)
The bill modifies time zone language in juvenile corrections law. It does not address wildlife management, hunting, fishing, predator control, or habitat conservation.
ARTICLE XII. ECONOMY (0)
The removal of "standard" from a time reference in juvenile corrections law has no substantive impact on commerce, industry, small business, labor policy, or transportation.
ARTICLE XIII. HEALTH AND WELFARE (0)
While the bill relates to juvenile corrections, the specific change only updates time zone terminology for administrative purposes. It does not alter healthcare policy, welfare programs, or services for juveniles.
ARTICLE XIV. AMERICAN FAMILY (0)
The technical correction to time zone language has no connection to family values, marriage, parental rights, right to life, or policies affecting children and families.
ARTICLE XV. OLDER AMERICANS (0)
The bill addresses juvenile corrections timing procedures. It has no relationship to older Americans, retirement, senior services, or policies affecting the elderly.
ARTICLE XVI. LAW AND ORDER WITH JUSTICE (0)
While Section 20-524A relates to juvenile corrections, the deletion of "standard" from "mountain standard time" is purely technical cleanup. The change does not affect juvenile justice policy, offender accountability, rehabilitation programs, or sentencing.
ARTICLE XVII. NATIONAL DEFENSE – SECURING THE BORDER (0)
The bill's modification of time zone terminology in juvenile corrections law has no connection to national defense, military policy, veterans, border security, or terrorism prevention.
ARTICLE XVIII. ELECTION OF JUDGES AND IDAHO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES (0)
The bill addresses juvenile corrections administrative timing. It does not involve judicial elections, constitutional interpretation, or the structure of the judiciary.
ARTICLE XIX. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (0)
The technical correction to time zone language in juvenile corrections law has no connection to religious freedom, free exercise of religion, or conscience protections.