CRIME: Provides for fraudulent banking transactions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
HB 375 defines key terms related to electronic banking fraud to clarify existing laws. It specifies that "radio signal" includes text messages, emails, or wireless transmissions from devices like phones or tablets used for money transfers, and "wire" covers wired devices (like computers) enabling internet-based financial transactions. These definitions directly affect law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts when investigating or prosecuting fraud cases involving digital banking activity. The bill does not create new offenses but provides clearer language to apply current fraud statutes to modern electronic transactions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Signed Jun 8, 2025
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What changed between versions
HB375 Original
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HB375 Act
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized into an Act, removing the original prefiling notice and digest while retaining the core amendments to bank fraud laws. The substantive policy changes include adding specific definitions for 'radio signal' and 'wire' to clarify what devices count for monetary transactions, and introducing a provision that allows courts to order flexible, periodic payment plans for restitution if a defendant cannot pay the full amount immediately due to indigence.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding the definition of fraudulent transactions was expanded by explicitly including wireless devices and wired electronic devices in the legal definitions, ensuring these modern communication tools are covered under the law.
DEFINITION
Added specific definitions for 'radio signal' and 'wire' to clarify that wireless and wired electronic devices used for monetary transactions fall under the law.
REQUIREMENT
Added a requirement for courts to order periodic payment plans for restitution if a convicted person is indigent and cannot pay the full amount at the time of conviction.
TECHNICAL
Converted the document from a prefiled bill draft to an enrolled Act, removing the original digest and prefiling notices while keeping the legislative text.
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · House May 7, 2025
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 29, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 21, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Wayne McMahen
RRepublican
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