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Representative Edwards urges felony penalties for 'swatting,' seeks hearing for HB 3935
Summary
On the House floor Representative Edwards described swatting as a serious public-safety threat and urged the Legislature to hear House Bill 3935, which would allow certain false-reporting offenses to be charged as felonies rather than misdemeanors.
Representative Edwards addressed the Oregon House of Representatives during a floor remonstrance and urged lawmakers to schedule a hearing on House Bill 3935, legislation that would increase penalties for certain false emergency reports commonly known as "swatting."
"It is not a prank. It is called swatting," Representative Edwards said, describing incidents in which false, detailed reports prompt armed law-enforcement responses that can injure, traumatize or kill innocent people. Edwards told colleagues the current statute in…
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