Amends existing law to revise the definition of “retainable offense.”

This legislation provides a definition of the term "retainable offense," which is used to determine who must provide their fingerprints to an Idaho law enforcement agency, upon being arrested or prosecuted for such an offense. Up until now, the Legislature has delegated its lawmaking power in this regard to the Idaho State Police, which has defined it broadly to include almost all misdemeanor offenses. This is important because, by law, Idaho must share with the federal government the fingerprints processed by Idaho law enforcement agencies. As a result, under the current definition found in Idaho administrative rules, almosteveryIdahoanwhoisarrestedorprosecutedforalmostanymisdemeanorishavinghisorherfingerprints taken and shared with the federal government. This legislation would set the definition in code, such that only those arrested or prosecuted for felonies, misdemeanors which can be punished by greater than six months in jail, and misdemeanors that, upon repeated offenses, are eventually punishable by greater than six months in jail, must have their fingerprints taken.