Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 139 amends the Penal Code to expand the offense of harassment to include a person who sends repeated electronic communications to another or a member of another's household in a manner reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend. The bill enhances the penalty for the offense of harassment from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor if the defendant has previously been convicted of the offense. The bill increases the penalty for the offense of stalking from a Class A misdemeanor to a third degree felony, and to a second degree felony if the person has previously been convicted of the offense.