The bill adds that the false reporting of a mass shooting or active
shooter in a public or private place or vehicle that transports people or property is a class 6 felony.
The bill specifies that false reporting of an emergency is a class 1
misdemeanor if the threat causes the occupants of a building, place of assembly, or facility to be issued a shelter-in-place order, or the threat results in the initiation of a standard response protocol in response to the false report. The bill adds to the Victim Rights Act that a crime includes the
false reporting of an emergency that is bias motivated.
