S 38 · in committee · significant
Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- Makes it a federal crime to send false emergency reports intended to trigger police or emergency response.
- Applies to anyone who intentionally conveys misleading information about criminal conduct or threats.
- Creates criminal penalties for swatting incidents that send armed responders to false locations.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should penalties differ between swatting incidents that endanger lives versus those that merely waste emergency resources?
- 02
What evidence distinguishes intentional false reports from misunderstandings or mistaken callers, and how would prosecutors prove intent?
- 03
Would federal jurisdiction overlap with existing state swatting laws, and what coordination between authorities would implementation require?
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Sponsor · R-FL
Rick Scott
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
2/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-09
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-09 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-09 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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