FAILURE TO REPORT VIOLENT CRIMES

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details about enforcement or exceptions, leaving these areas unclear.

Reporting Violent Crimes

This act makes it a crime not to report violent crimes against adults and explains when the new rule starts.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the law so that failing to report a violent crime committed against an adult is now a class B misdemeanor.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who know about violent crimes against adults and do not report them can be punished under this new rule.

Terms To Know

Class B misdemeanor

A type of minor crime that is less serious than a felony but more serious than other types of misdemeanors.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens to people who fail to report violent crimes before the new law takes effect.
• It's unclear how this will be enforced or if there are any exceptions for certain situations.

Official Summary Text

FAILURE TO REPORT VIOLENT CRIMES
An Act relating to the crime of failure to report a violent crime.

Current Bill Text

SB0155A -1- SB 155
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SENATE BILL NO. 155

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY SENATOR CLAMAN

Introduced: 4/2/25
Referred: State Affairs, Judiciary

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to the crime of failure to report a violent crime." 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
* Section 1. AS 11.56.767(d) is amended to read: 3
(d) Failure to report a violent crime committed against an adu lt is a class B 4
misdemeanor [VIOLATION]. 5
* Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 6
read: 7
APPLICABILITY. AS 11.56.767(d), as amended by sec. 1 of this Ac t, applies to 8
offenses committed on or after the effective date of this Act. 9