Establishes the class E felony of dissemination of false missing child information
This bill creates a new class E felony for knowingly spreading false information about a missing child. It makes it illegal to report or circulate a false claim that a child is missing (as defined by law), if that false report leads to public funds being spent on an unnecessary investigation. The law targets individuals who deliberately share untrue missing child reports, not accidental errors. It directly affects people who make such false reports, imposing criminal penalties for wasting public resources on non-existent cases.
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Mar 2025
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Introduced Mar 3, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Jan 7, 2026
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Mar 3, 2025
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Andrew Lanza
RRepublican/Conservative/Independence/Reform
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