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2017 SESSION
SB 1054 Fire alarms; maliciously activating, penalty.
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Activation of fire alarms; reimbursement of expenses; penalty. Removes the condition that a building must be for public use in order for the Class 1 misdemeanor for maliciously activating a building's fire alarm to apply. The bill authorizes any locality to provide by ordinance that a person convicted of maliciously activating a fire alarm shall be liable for the reasonable expense in responding to such a fire alarm. Current law allows such an ordinance to impose liability for the reasonable expense of an emergency response to an imitation version of a weapon of terrorism, fire bomb, other explosive device, bomb threat, or incitement of a bomb threat. The bill increases the maximum amount that a locality or volunteer emergency medical services agency may recover under such an ordinance from $1,000 to $2,500. This bill is identical to HB 1404.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103161D pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1054ER) pdf
- 03/16/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/06/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103161D
- 01/06/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/25/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/17 House: Read first time
- 02/03/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Read second time
- 02/22/17 House: Read third time
- 02/22/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1054ER)
- 03/07/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- 03/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/16/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 519 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/16/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519)