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AK SB182

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/9/2022

Primary Sponsor

David Wilson

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Origin

Senate

32nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Establishes a new crime of "interference with emergency communications" under Alaska Statute 11.56.785, classified as a class B misdemeanor.

  • Criminalizes making repeated emergency communications to report a previously reported incident with no change in circumstances after being instructed to stop by an emergency communications worker.

  • Prohibits making repeated emergency communications knowing there is no police, fire, or medical emergency, and prohibits threatening emergency communications workers during emergency calls.

  • Criminalizes intentional interference with, blocking, or disruption of emergency communications by telephone, radio, or electronic means between emergency workers and responders, responders themselves, or workers and persons reporting emergencies.

  • Applies to offenses committed on or after the effective date of the Act; does not apply to in-person communications or routine authorized maintenance.

Legislative Description

Interference With Emergency Services

Death

Last Action

CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOHNSON

5/18/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules5/15/2022
State Affairs3/14/2022
Judiciary2/8/2022

Full Bill Text

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