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Senate panel sends RS 31967 — a swatting criminalization print hearing — to print
Summary
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee voted to print RS 31967, a proposed revision to Idaho Code intended to criminalize false emergency reports (swatting) and increase penalties in line with similar violent‑report offenses.
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee voted to send RS 31967 to print after a presentation by sponsor Senator Tammy Nichols explaining the proposed revisions to Idaho law to explicitly criminalize “swatting” — false emergency reports intended to provoke large‑scale law enforcement responses.
The bill would revise Idaho Code section 18‑333 to add a specific offense for false reports of violence or emergencies in public…
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