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Senate approves measure to criminalize false reports of violence, Senate Bill 1019
Summary
Senators passed Senate Bill 1019 on Jan. 30, 2025, a bill sponsored by Senator Tanner Nichols that amends Idaho Code §18-333 to criminalize false reports of violence or emergencies often called "swatting." The vote was recorded as 34 in favor and one absent.
The Idaho Senate on Jan. 30 approved Senate Bill 1019, a measure that amends Idaho Code section 18-333 to criminalize false reports of violence or emergencies — commonly known as swatting — by a recorded vote of 34 in favor with one senator absent.
Senator Tanner Nichols, who presented the bill on the floor, said the measure responds to an increase in dangerous false reports that endanger lives and divert emergency…
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