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Senate upgrades penalties for falsifying academic or professional credentials
Summary
House File 2337, as amended, makes it a fraudulent practice to knowingly misrepresent academic degrees or professional licenses for employment or personal gain; the amendment raised some offenses to aggravated misdemeanors and the Senate passed the bill unanimously.
Senator Taylor introduced House File 2337 to criminalize knowingly and intentionally representing oneself as holding academic degrees or professional/occupational licenses for purposes such as obtaining employment. The sponsor presented a strike‑after amendment that expanded the covered conduct to include misrepresenting professional or occupational licenses and elevated that misconduct to an aggravated misdemeanor in some circumstances; Taylor thanked Senator Zimmer for suggested language.
The amendment was moved, adopted, and the bill was read for final passage. The secretary announced the amended title and the Senate passed the bill by roll call with a unanimous recorded result.
