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Committee adopts substitute strengthening penalties for false emergency reports
Utah House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · January 23, 2026
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Summary
HB113 would impose stiffer penalties for repeat or reckless false emergency reports that endanger responders; under the substitute, repeat offenders face class A misdemeanors and reckless false reports that cause death can be felonies. The committee adopted the substitute and recommended the bill.
Representative Monson told the committee HB113 addresses abuse of emergency reporting systems that tie up scarce EMS, fire and law-enforcement resources, particularly in rural areas where a single ambulance lost to a false call…
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