Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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).
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-MS | Mike Ezell | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| R-MI | John James | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Brandon Gill | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Pat Harrigan | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-TN | Andrew Ogles | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| R-WV | Riley M. Moore | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Jefferson Shreve | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Tony Gonzales | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Dec 19, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Mar 3, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 9, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 5, January 9, 2025, page H93.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 38 | Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jan 9, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to penalize false communications to cause an emergency response, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
