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2018 SESSION

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HB 623 Law enforcement; false reports, penalty.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

False reports to law enforcement; penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the punishment for knowingly making a false report to or calling or summoning without just cause any law-enforcement official if such report, call, or summons (i) involves a report of an act of violence or (ii) results in an immediate emergency response due to the facts of the crime falsely reported. The bill increases the penalty to a Class 5 felony if such emergency response results in serious bodily injury to or the death of any person. The bill also provides that a person convicted of such an offense be ordered to pay restitution for the reasonable expenses incurred in providing an appropriate emergency response.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/18  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104745D  pdf | impact statements

HISTORY

• 01/08/18  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104745D
• 01/08/18  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/15/18  House: Left in Courts of Justice