The bill adds to the crime of harassment the use of interactive computer service to engage in a course of conduct that inflicts serious emotional distress on a minor or places the minor in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury with intent to cause the fear of death or serious bodily injury or with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury. The crime is a class 2 misdemeanor. If the intent was to harass the person because of the person's race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin, then it is a class 1 misdemeanor.

Year

2014

Current status

  • 04/09/2014 - Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
  • 03/26/2014 - Senate Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
  • 03/17/2014 - Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary + Appropriations
  • 03/10/2014 - House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 02/24/2014 - House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations
  • 01/16/2014 - Introduced In House - Assigned to Education

Sponsors

Fields/Kefalas, Newell

Bill number

HB14-1131