Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases penalties for false emergency reports.

Highlights:

• Increases the penalty for falsely reporting a crime to law enforcement to a Class D felony (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that a violation under this act may be prosecuted in any county where (Sec. 2):

• The defendant resides;

• The false report was communicated; or

• There was an emergency response to the false report.

• Authorizes a criminal or civil court to order a defendant who has been convicted pay restitution to an agency, organization, or individual who suffered damages caused by the false police report (Sec. 2-3).

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