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SB18-068

False Reporting Of An Emergency

Type Bill
Session 2018 Regular Session
Subjects
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Concerning criminalizing false reports.

Bill Summary:

False reporting - false reporting of an emergency - restitution - venue. Under current law, there is a crime of false reporting to authorities. The act creates a crime of false reporting of an emergency by criminalizing an act of false reporting to authorities that includes a false report of an imminent threat to the safety of a person or persons by use of a deadly weapon. The act makes false reporting of an emergency a class 1 misdemeanor, but it is a class 4 felony if the emergency response results in serious bodily injury and a class 3 felony if the response results in death. If a person is convicted of false reporting of an emergency, the court is required to order the defendant to pay restitution in an amount equal to the cost of the emergency response. For purposes of the crime of false reporting to authorities and false reporting of an emergency, the defendant may be tried in the county where the defendant made the report, the county where the false report was communicated to law enforcement, or the county where law enforcement responded to the false report.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
06/06/2018 Signed Act PDF
05/17/2018 Final Act PDF
04/24/2018 Rerevised PDF
04/23/2018 Revised PDF
03/05/2018 Reengrossed PDF
03/01/2018 Engrossed PDF
01/12/2018 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
04/12/2018 PA3 PDF
04/04/2018 PA2 PDF
02/27/2018 PA1 PDF
05/15/2018 Conference Committee PDF
Date Version Documents
07/25/2018 FN3 PDF
04/09/2018 FN2 PDF
01/26/2018 FN1 PDF
Date Version Documents
04/11/2018 SA2 PDF
02/27/2018 SA1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment J.002 The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer Senate Bill 18-068, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. Vote summary
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.007 This motion was withdrawn. Vote summary
Adopt amendment L.007, severed section A (page 1, lines 1 and 2). The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Adopt amendment L.005 The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Adopt amendment L.010 The motion failed on a vote of 1-9. Vote summary
Adopt a conceptual amendment to the reengrossed bill, page 4, line 15, strike "intent or". This motion was withdrawn. Vote summary
Refer Senate Bill 18-068, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 9-1. Vote summary
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.001 The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Adopt amendment L.002 The motion failed on a vote of 5-5. Vote summary
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer Senate Bill 18-068, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. Vote summary
Activity Vote Documents
Refer Senate Bill 18-068 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. Vote summary
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
05/08/2018 Conference Committee Report REPASS
35
AYE
0
NO
0
OTHER
Vote record
05/08/2018 Conference Committee Report ADOPT CCR
35
AYE
0
NO
0
OTHER
Vote record
04/27/2018 House Amendments NOT CONCUR APPT CC
34
AYE
0
NO
1
OTHER
Vote record
03/05/2018 Third Reading BILL
35
AYE
0
NO
0
OTHER
Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
05/07/2018 Conference Committee Report REPASS
64
AYE
1
NO
0
OTHER
Vote record
05/07/2018 Conference Committee Report ADOPT
65
AYE
0
NO
0
OTHER
Vote record
04/24/2018 Third Reading BILL
64
AYE
1
NO
0
OTHER
Vote record
Date Location Action
06/06/2018 Governor Governor Signed
05/17/2018 Governor Sent to the Governor
05/17/2018 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/16/2018 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
05/08/2018 Senate Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
05/07/2018 House House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
05/04/2018 ConfComm First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
04/27/2018 Senate Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
04/25/2018 Senate Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/27/2018 - No Amendments
04/24/2018 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/23/2018 House House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/18/2018 House House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/23/2018 - No Amendments
04/17/2018 House House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/18/2018 - No Amendments
04/12/2018 House House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
04/11/2018 House House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/03/2018 House House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/22/2018 House House Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Amended
03/08/2018 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
03/05/2018 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/02/2018 Senate Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
03/01/2018 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
02/27/2018 Senate Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/29/2018 Senate Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations
01/12/2018 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
07/01/2018 401 False Reporting Of An Emergency PDF