Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session
Relating to: unlawfully summoning a police officer, creating a civil cause of action, and providing a penalty.
Crime and criminals Damage personal injury Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Police
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates the crime of unlawfully summoning a law enforcement officer.
Under the bill, it is a Class C misdemeanor to cause a law enforcement officer to
arrive at a location to contact another person for a reason other than suspected
criminal activity if a reasonable person would not consider the other person to pose
a risk to any person or property and if the other person's contact with the law
enforcement officer causes infringement of the other person's constitutional rights;
unlawful discrimination against the other person; a groundless legal process to be
initiated against the other person; the other person to feel harassed, humiliated, or
embarrassed; or damage to the other person's reputation or standing within the
community. The bill also creates a civil cause of action in which a plaintiff may
recover damages from a person who unlawfully summons a law enforcement officer.
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.
Sponsors
Full history
- Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives L. Myers, Emerson, Crowley, Fields and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor and Larson
- Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Jun 25, 2020 · Assembly
Representative Sargent added as a coauthor