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Panel unanimously advances bill to criminalize false lease documents and unlawful listings
Summary
House Bill 321, described by proponents as a measure to protect homeowners from fraudulent occupiers, was sent to the House floor by the House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee with a unanimous 14-0 roll call. The bill creates misdemeanor and felony offenses for different forms of false claims to residential property.
The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee voted unanimously 14-0 to advance House Bill 321 to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation. Supporters described the measure as a criminal-law response to cases in which people occupy or attempt to sell or lease residential property to which they have no legal claim.
House member Bruce Scogg, R-District 10, who presented House Bill 321 and said Representative Brent Crane will carry it on the floor, told the committee the measure addresses incidents in which property owners return from travel to find someone occupying their home…
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