Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session
Relating to: making a false report of an active shooter, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Firearms and dangerous weapons Fraud Legislature — Criminal penalties, joint review committee on
- Introduced, stopped here
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who intentionally conveys a false threat or false
information concerning the destruction of property by means of explosives (bomb
threat) is guilty of a Class I felony and may be fined up to $10,000, imprisoned for
up to three years and six months, or both.
Under this bill, the same penalty that applies to a person who intentionally
conveys a false threat or false information about a bomb threat also applies to a
person who intentionally conveys a false threat or false information concerning the
presence of an active shooter.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.