3.0.0 38 2026-08-10T11:51:27Z 2026-08-10T11:51:27Z Senate S S 2025-01-09 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/38 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-01-09T19:39:48Z Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025 119 286 HR 2025-01-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2025-01-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2025-01-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL N T000278 Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] Tommy Tuberville R AL 2025-01-09 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2025-01-09 True Crime and Law Enforcement Civil actions and liability 2025-02-12T19:29:41Z Criminal procedure and sentencing 2025-02-12T19:29:41Z Emergency communications systems 2025-02-12T19:29:41Z First responders and emergency personnel 2025-02-12T19:29:41Z Fraud offenses and financial crimes 2025-02-12T19:29:41Z Postal service 2025-02-12T19:29:41Z Crime and Law Enforcement 2025-03-06T19:52:09Z 00 2025-01-09 Introduced in Senate 2025-05-05T15:08:04Z Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025

This bill makes it a crime to intentionally convey false or misleading information in circumstances where the information may reasonably be expected to cause an emergency response and the information indicates the occurrence of criminal conduct or a threat to health or safety (commonly referred to as swatting).

]]> Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025 Display Title 45 Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025 2025-02-08T05:08:20Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025 2025-02-08T05:08:18Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to penalize false communications to cause an emergency response, and for other purposes. 2025-02-08T05:03:28Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s38is/xml/BILLS-119s38is.xml 2025-01-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.