SB 99 — Emergency Reporting Offense Amendments

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Lincoln Fillmore House Sponsor:Sponsor:Stephanie Gricius 3 LONG TITLE General Description:

Stephanie Gricius 3 LONG TITLE General Description:

▸ modifies the offense of emergency reporting abuse to include conduct in which an actor contacts {an } a 911 emergency response service when the actor knows, or reasonably should know, that no actual or perceived emergency,emergency , crime, or other circumstance jeopardizing public safety exists;

{and } ▸ moves a definition to the statute in which the definition is referenced;

S None B Utah Code Sections Affected:

10 s AMENDS:

t9 76-9-105.5,SB0099 compared with SB0099S01 76-9-105.5 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 173 S76-9-105.6 76-9-105.6,, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 173 uBe .it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

SSection Be1. it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

B Section 1.

976-9-105.5. 76-9-105.5 .

(1)(a)(1) (a) As used in this section:

1st[(ii) Sub."Party line" means a subscriber's line or telephone circuit:] [(A) that consists of two or more connected main telephone stations;

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99 01-25 14:53 [(ii) "Party line" means a subscriber's line or telephone circuit:] [(A) that consists of two or more connected main telephone stations;

(b) makes a false report, or intentionally aids, abets, or causes another person to make a false report, through any means, to an emergency response service, including a law enforcement dispatcher or a 911 emergency response service, if the false report claims that:

[or] (c) makes a false report after having previously made a false report, or intentionally aides, abets, or causes a third party to make a false report, to an emergency response service, including a law - 2 - SB0099 compared with SB0099S01 enforcement dispatcher or a 911 emergency response service, alleging a violation of Section 63G-31-302 regarding a sex-designated changing room[.] ;

or (d)(i){(d) under{under circumstances not amounting to an offense described in Subsection (2)(a)(2)(a), (b), or (b),(c), contacts, through any means, an emergency response service, including a law enforcement dispatcher or a 911 emergency response service, when the actor knows, or reasonably should know, that no actual or perceived emergency,emergency crime,exists, which may include:} } (d) (i) {reporting } under circumstances not amounting to an offense described in Subsection (2)(a) or other(b), circumstancecontacts, jeopardizingthrough publicany safetymeans, exists;a {situation that } 911 emergency response service, when the actor knows, or reasonably should know, {is not an emergency situation;

andor} (ii)that hasno previouslyactual been informed by a 911 response service dispatcher, a law enforcement officer, or aperceived prosecutingemergency, attorneycrime, that the circumstance the actor is reporting to a 911 emergency response service, or aother substantially similar circumstance, is not a circumstance thatjeopardizing ispublic appropriatesafety forexists; being reported to a 911 emergency response service.

(3)(a)and Except(ii) as{requesting providedassistance in} Subsectionhas (3)(b),previously been informed by a violation911 ofresponse Subsectionservice (2)(a)dispatcher, a law enforcement officer, or {services } a prosecuting attorney that the {actor knows} circumstance the actor is reporting to a class911 -emergency 2response -service, 01-25or 14:53{reasonably 1stshould Sub.know} a substantially similar circumstance, {are } is not {necessary } a circumstance that is appropriate for{, or in response to, an } being reported to a 911 emergencyresponse service.

(Green)(3) S.B.(a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), a violation of Subsection (2)(a) is a class B misdemeanor.

99 B misdemeanor.

(4)(a)(4) (a) In addition to another penalty authorized by law, a court shall order an actor convicted of a violation of this section to reimburse a federal, state, or local unit of government, or a private business, organization, individual, or entity for all expenses and losses incurred in responding to the violation.

76-9-105.676-9-105.6. .

(1)(a)- 3 - SB0099 compared with SB0099S01 (1) (a) As used in this section:

-(5) 3(a) -In 1staddition Sub.to another penalty authorized by law, a court shall order an actor convicted of a violation of this section to reimburse a federal, state, or local unit of government, or a private business, organization, individual, or entity for all expenses and losses incurred in responding to the violation.

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99 01-25 14:53 (5)(a) In addition to another penalty authorized by law, a court shall order an actor convicted of a violation of this section to reimburse a federal, state, or local unit of government, or a private business, organization, individual, or entity for all expenses and losses incurred in responding to the violation.

Effective date.

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