Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025

Refreshed 2 h ago

Introduced 2025-01-09Topic: criminal justice

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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).

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-01-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	refer
2025-01-09		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-01-09		Introduced in House	introduce

Summary

Sponsors

Action history