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Committee approves study of false‑report laws; adds defense attorneys to advisory list and gives bill due‑pass recommendation
Summary
Representative Steve Vetter asked the House Judiciary Committee to approve House Bill 1582, a Legislative Management study into laws and practices related to false accusations or false reports of crime, and proposed adding defense attorneys to the study’s stakeholder list.
Representative Steve Vetter introduced House Bill 1582, a proposal to direct the Legislative Management to study whether state laws related to false accusations or false reports of a crime warrant review and potential change. Vetter said he had received anecdotal reports that false reporting has increased and asked the committee to authorize a study that would collect data on existing charges and outcomes and consider possible statutory responses.
Vetter told the committee he would amend the bill to add defense attorneys to the list of stakeholders the interim study…
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