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Senate committee backs printing of bill to criminalize dangerous “swatting” calls
Summary
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee heard from sponsor Senator Tammy Nichols on RS31967, a measure to explicitly criminalize 'swatting' and increase penalties by revising Idaho Code. The committee voted to send the proposal to print.
The Idaho Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee heard testimony and voted to send RS31967 — a measure to explicitly criminalize so‑called "swatting" incidents — to print.
Senator Tammy Nichols, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure would "address the dangerous and escalating issues of swatting, which poses significant risk to public safety, private individuals, and government resources." She said the proposal revises Idaho Code section 18‑333 to criminalize false reports of violence or emergencies and…
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