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Yes: 98 • No: 0
IdahoS 10192025 regular legislative sessionSenateWALLET
FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS – Amends and adds to existing law to revise a provision regarding a false report of explosives and to provide for the crime of false reports of violence or emergency in public or private places.
Sponsored By: JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS
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False emergency reports bring criminal penalties
Beginning July 1, 2025, Idaho sets criminal penalties for knowingly false bomb and emergency reports, including causing someone else to report. These rules cover reports to listed recipients: police, prosecutors, emergency dispatchers, fire services, news outlets and reporters, building occupants, and school district employees. They also cover reports to airline, airport, railroad, bus line, and telephone company employees. Falsely reporting a bomb or other explosive placed or hidden in a public or private place is a felony carrying up to five years in prison. Other false emergency reports are misdemeanors carrying up to one year in prison, a $5,000 fine, or both. Those reports become felonies if they cause more than $1,000 in damage, great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, or permanent disability. That penalty is up to five years in prison, a $25,000 fine, or both. If the violation causes a death, penalties reach ten years in prison and a $25,000 fine. Private places include homes and surrounding grounds, workplaces, vehicles, and other locations where the law protects a person's privacy.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Judy Boyle
Republican • House
Tammy Nichols
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/6/2025
House Floor Vote
Yes: 64 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/30/2025
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 34 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor on 03/11/25 Session Law Chapter 32 Effective: 07/01/2025
3/12/2025Reported delivered to Governor at 1:08 p.m. on 03/11/25
3/11/2025Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
3/11/2025Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
3/10/2025HouseReported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
3/10/2025SenateReturned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
3/7/2025SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-0-6
3/6/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/5/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
3/4/2025HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
3/3/2025HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2/28/2025HouseRead First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
1/31/2025HouseReceived from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
1/31/2025HouseRead third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1
1/30/2025SenateRead second time; filed for Third Reading
1/29/2025SenateReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
1/28/2025SenateReported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
1/24/2025SenateIntroduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
1/23/2025Senate
Bill Text
Bill Text
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