Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the crime of interference with emergency communications.

Highlights:

• Establishes the crime of interference with emergency communications and specifies violations shall result in a class A misdemeanor or class C felony if interference results in serious physical injury or death of a person and the individual was convicted of 2 or more seperate occassions of interference with emergency communications (Sec. 1).

• Defines “interferance with emergency communications” as the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 1):

• Making repeated calls to emergency communcations to report a previously reported incident with no change in circumstance;

• Making repeated emergency communications knowing there is not a police, fire, or medical emergency;

• Uses obscene language during emergency communications with intent to inimidate or harass an emergency communications worker; or

• Interferes with, blocks, or otherwise disrupts communications between an emergency communications worker and police, fire, or medical service personnel with intent to cause a disruption in service. 

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