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Panel backs bill criminalizing signal jammers after local incidents
Summary
House Bill 1155 would make possession, manufacture, sale or use of radio-frequency jamming devices a state crime, mirroring existing federal prohibitions; the committee passed the bill 13-0 with an amendment increasing first-offense penalties to a Level 6 felony.
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee unanimously approved House Bill 1155 to criminalize possession, manufacture, sale and use of radio-frequency jamming devices at the state level, citing incidents in which jammers disabled police radios and other communications.
The sponsor, Representative Pierce, said the bill is intended to give state and local prosecutors tools to act immediately when devices that unlawfully interfere with licensed…
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