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AZ HB2347
Bill
Status
2/27/2020
Primary Sponsor
Warren Petersen
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-2916 to clarify that "electronic communication" includes social media posts in addition to phone calls, text messages, instant messages, and email.
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Maintains existing prohibitions against using electronic communications to terrify, intimidate, threaten or harass specific persons through obscene language, threats of physical harm, or repeated unwanted communications.
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Clarifies that offenses are deemed committed at either the place of origin or place of receipt of the communications.
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Confirms the statute does not apply to constitutionally protected speech or activity authorized by law.
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Violation remains classified as a class 1 misdemeanor.
Legislative Description
Electronic communication social media post.
Criminal Code - Title 13
Last Action
Senate consent calendar
3/16/2020