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AK HB234
Bill
Status
3/6/2012
Primary Sponsor
Robert Lynn
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AI Summary
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Adds disorderly conduct prohibition for picketing at funerals within 150 feet of a cemetery, mortuary, church, or other funeral facility during the funeral and for 60 minutes before and after.
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Requires picketing to occur knowingly with reckless disregard for the time and location restrictions to constitute disorderly conduct.
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Defines "funeral" as a ceremony or memorial service held in connection with burial, death, or cremation, but excludes funeral processions on public streets or highways.
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Defines "picketing" as an act directed toward a funeral that disrupts or disturbs that funeral.
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Exempts constitutionally protected speech from the definition of "unreasonably loud noise" under disorderly conduct laws.
Legislative Description
Picketing And Protests At Funerals
Death
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
4/13/2012