IN SB0198 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 12 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - Referred to the House
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on February 12 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - Referred to the House
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]
Summary
Crime of swatting. Specifies that, for purposes of the crime of false informing, hindering a "law enforcement process" includes causing a law enforcement officer to be dispatched. Enhances the penalty for making a false report that a person is dangerous to a Level 6 felony if the offense causes a person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or threatened.
Title
Crime of swatting.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-02-11 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Senator Buck added as coauthor |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Ireland |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 100: yeas 47, nays 1 |
| 2025-02-10 | Senate | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2025-02-06 | Senate | Senator Koch added as second author |
| 2025-02-04 | Senate | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| 2025-01-08 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law |
| 2025-01-08 | Senate | Authored by Senator Freeman |
