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HB1404

Fire alarms; maliciously activating, penalty.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Mark Cole (R)

Session:
2017 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Activation of fire alarms; reimbursement of expenses; penalty.

Removes the condition that a building must be for public use in order for the Class 1 misdemeanor for maliciously activating a building's fire alarm to apply. The bill authorizes any locality to provide by ordinance that a person convicted of maliciously activating a fire alarm shall be liable for the reasonable expense in responding to such a fire alarm. Current law allows such an ordinance to impose liability for the reasonable expense of an emergency response to an imitation version of a weapon of terrorism, fire bomb, other explosive device, bomb threat, or incitement of a bomb threat. The bill increases the maximum amount that a locality or volunteer emergency medical services agency may recover under such an ordinance from $1,000 to $2,500. This bill is identical to SB 1054. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 09/08/2016 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100210D
  • 09/08/2016 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/13/2017 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
  • 01/16/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
  • 01/19/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1404)
  • 01/20/2017 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
  • 01/24/2017 - House: Read first time
  • 01/25/2017 - House: Read second time and engrossed
  • 01/26/2017 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 01/26/2017 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 01/27/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 01/27/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 02/06/2017 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/06/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105240D-S1
  • 02/07/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/08/2017 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/08/2017 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/08/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17105240D-S1
  • 02/08/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1404S1
  • 02/08/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N)
  • 02/10/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/10/2017 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105240D-S1 (93-Y 2-N)
  • 02/10/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 2-N)
  • 02/10/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1404S1)
  • 02/13/2017 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/13/2017 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1404ER)
  • 02/13/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/13/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/14/2017 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
  • 02/14/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
  • 02/14/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1404ER)
  • 02/20/2017 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 98 (effective 7/1/17)
  • 02/20/2017 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0098)

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