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Relating to the reporting of false information regarding suspected dependent adult abuse in facilities and programs, and providing penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2023
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 suspected abuse of a dependent adult could face criminal charges. This change would make reporting fake abuse a simple misdemeanor. If convicted, a person could face a fine or a short stay in jail.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the reporting of false information regarding suspected dependent adult abuse in facilities and programs. The bill provides that a person who reports or causes to be reported false information regarding a suspected case of dependent adult abuse, knowing that the information is false or that the abuse did not occur, commits a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 23, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
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