2019 Senate Bill 427

Expand law banning harassment of public officials

Introduced in the Senate

Aug. 20, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Pete Lucido (R-8)

To expand the scope of a law that makes it a crime to hinder, threaten, or obstruct a police officer or other public official in the discharge of his or her official duties with conduct calculated to harass, harm or intimidate. Among other things the bill would specify that this offense includes disseminating through social media or other means personal information about the individual or an immediate family member in an intimidating, threatening, or harmful manner ("doxing").

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety