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Senate Bill 530 |
Senate Author: Huffman et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
House Sponsor: Cole |
Senate Bill 530 amends the Penal Code to create the Class B misdemeanor offense of harassment for a person who publishes repeated electronic communications on a website, including a social media platform, in a manner reasonably likely to cause emotional distress, abuse, or torment to another person with the intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass that person. The bill enhances the penalty to a Class A misdemeanor in certain circumstances and excepts communications made in connection with a matter of public concern from the application of the offense.