HB1321 Summary

• Defines "critical infrastructure" to include chemical/rubber manufacturing, water treatment, food processing, natural gas pipelines, telecommunications, ports, mining operations, railroad property, and utility electronic assets, requiring facilities to be fenced or clearly posted to indicate unauthorized entry is forbidden.

• Adds critical infrastructure damage as a third offense category for criminal mischief in the first degree, making such damage a Class B felony regardless of dollar amount.

• Makes criminal trespass on critical infrastructure a Class D felony, increasing penalties from previous misdemeanor classifications for unauthorized entry onto protected facilities.

• Expands criminal trespass definitions in both incorporated and unincorporated areas to include critical infrastructure, with Class D felony penalties for trespass violations on such property.

• Defines "electronic asset" to mean hardware, software, data of programmable devices, and customer data networks, establishing what constitutes protected infrastructure property.