ID H0500

Amends Idaho Code Section 74-124 to add a new exemption protecting the identity of reporting parties in child abuse, neglect, or abandonment investigations conducted by law enforcement or the Department of Health and Welfare.

Reporting party identity may be disclosed only with written consent from the reporting party or when disclosure is required in an administrative or judicial proceeding.

Inactive investigatory records must be disclosed unless doing so would violate exemptions including interference with enforcement, deprivation of fair trial rights, invasion of privacy, disclosure of confidential sources, revelation of investigative techniques, or endangerment of law enforcement personnel.

Maintains existing exemption allowing persons involved in motor vehicle collisions, their legal representatives, and insurers to obtain complete, unaltered copies of impact and final reports prepared by law enforcement agencies.

Preserves district court authority to order disclosure of improperly withheld investigative records after in camera examination, with discretionary award of costs and fees to the prevailing party.