Enacts the securing customer assets against malfeasance act or the S.C.A.M. act
Summary
Enacts the "securing customer assets against malfeasance" or "S.C.A.M." act; increases penalties for a scheme to defraud; broadens the definitions of commercial bribery and bribing a public servant; creates the crime of structuring; expands jurisdiction for tax revenue deprivation; increases penalties for defrauding the government and certain persons over the age of sixty-five.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 1, 2025
Last action Feb 27, 2026
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What changed between versions
S8594A
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S8594B
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MINOR
The bill was renamed from the 'R.I.P.O.F.F. act' to the 'S.C.A.M. act' and the bill number was updated from S8594-A to S8594-B. The substantive legal text of the fraud provisions remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the committee discharge language.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the changes are primarily administrative and cosmetic.
TECHNICAL
Bill title changed from 'restoring integrity and preventing outright fraud in financial systems' (R.I.P.O.F.F. act) to 'securing consumer assets against malfeasance' (S.C.A.M. act).
Committee discharge language was reworded slightly for consistency, changing 'recommitted to the Committee on Codes' to 'recommitted to said committee'.
Page number and amendment identifier were updated from LBD13585-06-5 to LBD13585-07-6.
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Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
4
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8594B
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
upper
Jan 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8594A
upper
Jan 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
Dec 1, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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