BILL · 2007–08 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5929

SB 5929: False Amber alert

Making a false or misleading material statement that results in an Amber alert.

Summary

Creates a crime that prohibits making a false or misleading material statement that leads to an America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) alert.

From the Substitute House Bill Report (SSB 5929), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedFeb 7, 2007
Out of committeeFeb 28, 2007
Passed SenateFeb 11, 2008
Passed Housestopped here
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Prime sponsor: Jerome Delvin (R-8)
Introduced: February 7, 2007 in the Senate
Last action: March 13, 2008
Companion bill: HB 1537
Budget: Has a fiscal note
Versions: SB 5929, SSB 5929

AN ACT Relating to making a false or misleading material statement that results in an Amber alert;

Votes

Senate · 3rd Reading & Final Passage

Passed February 11, 2008

Version voted on: SSB 5929

47 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	30	0	0	2
Republican	17	0	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (47)

Excused (2)

Lisa Brown D-3
Jim Hargrove D-24

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History

Mar 13, 2008By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (SSB 5929)
Mar 7, 2008Returned to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5929)
Mar 4, 2008Placed on second reading. (SSB 5929)
Feb 29, 2008Placed on second reading suspension calendar. (SSB 5929)
Feb 22, 2008Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5929)
Feb 20, 2008PSEP - Majority; do pass. (SSB 5929)
Feb 20, 2008PSEP - Executive action taken by committee. (SSB 5929)
Feb 12, 2008First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. (SSB 5929)
Feb 11, 2008Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. (SSB 5929)
Feb 11, 2008Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (SSB 5929)
Feb 11, 20081st substitute bill substituted. (SSB 5929)
Feb 11, 20081st substitute bill substituted.
Jan 25, 2008Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 5929)
Jan 25, 2008Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Jan 14, 2008Revert to Rules White Sheet. (SSB 5929)
Jan 14, 2008By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5929)
Jan 14, 2008Revert to Rules White Sheet.
Jan 14, 2008By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Mar 21, 2007Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5929)
Mar 21, 2007Senate Rules "X" file.
Feb 28, 2007Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5929)
Feb 28, 2007JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5929)
Feb 28, 2007JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Feb 28, 2007Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 7, 2007First reading, referred to Judiciary.

SB 5929 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5929 (2025–26) Deed of trust assignment/fee · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2023–24) Fentanyl/endangerment · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2021–22) WorkFirst poverty task force · Enacted · Chapter 176, Laws of 2022
SB 5929 (2019–20) Employment investigations · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2017–18) Taxes · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2015–16) State-owned aquatic lands · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2013–14) Impaired driving safety · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5929 (2011–12) State medical progs/children · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

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