CS/SB 1608: Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Bean
Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud; Defining the term “personal protective equipment”; prohibiting dissemination of false or misleading information relating to personal protective equipment under certain circumstances with specified intent; providing criminal penalties; prohibiting dissemination of false or misleading vaccine information under certain circumstances with specified intent, etc.
Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 9 (Ch. 2021-34)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/24/2021 Senate • Filed
3/2/2021 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 153
• Introduced -SJ 153
3/11/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/16/21, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
3/16/2021 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 272
3/17/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
• Remaining references corrected to Rules -SJ 280
• Now in Rules
3/18/2021 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 278
4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 9 (Ch. 2021-34)
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CS/SB 1608, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/17/2021 at 11:43 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 9 (er) Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud Judiciary Committee Identical Last Action: 5/26/2021 Chapter No. 2021-34 
Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 817.418 Page 1 (pdf) 817.504 Page 3 (pdf) 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 4 (pdf) -
SB 1608, Original Filed Version Posted 2/24/2021 at 11:17 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/15/2021 (pdf)
Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 3/16/2021 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 9 (c1) Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud Judiciary Committee Similar Last Action: 5/26/2021 Chapter No. 2021-34
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 230774 - Amendment
Delete lines 34 - 91 and insert:Criminal Justice
(Bean)3/15/2021
12:17 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
3/16/2021Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 3/16/2021 12:30 PM Criminal Justice 7 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 817.418 Page 2 (pdf) 817.504 Page 3 (pdf) 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 4 (pdf)
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