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Relating to reports of false information regarding an alleged act of child abuse, family assessments, and making penalties applicable
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 16, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2024
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who knowingly report false information about child abuse would face much harsher punishments under this law. Instead of a simple misdemeanor, making a false report would become a class “D” felony. If the person making the false report is responsible for a child's care, the state will also conduct a family assessment for any children in their care.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to reports of false information regarding an alleged act of child abuse and family assessments. Under current law, a person who reports or causes to be reported to the department of health and human services (department) false information regarding an alleged act of child abuse, knowing that the information is false or that the act did not occur, commits a simple misdemeanor. The bill increases the current penalty for knowingly making a false report of alleged child abuse from a simple misdemeanor to a class “D” felony. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than $10,245.68(5)(c) concerning any child in the care of the person who knowingly made a false report of alleged child abuse.
House subcommittee
Named January 17, 2024. On January 30, 2024 it recommended indefinite postponement. Vote Total: 2-0.
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