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AZ SB1248

Bill

Status

Passed

5/21/2021

Primary Sponsor

Warren Petersen

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Amends A.R.S. § 13-2916 to clarify that it is unlawful for a person to knowingly terrify, intimidate, threaten, or harass another person through electronic communications.

  • Expands the definition of "electronic communication" to explicitly include social media posts, in addition to phone calls, text messages, instant messages, and email.

  • Defines "social media post" as a social media communication knowingly intended to communicate to a specific person or persons in violation of the statute's prohibitions.

  • Maintains that violations of this section are class 1 misdemeanors and does not apply to constitutionally protected speech or activity.

  • Clarifies that offenses committed through electronic communications are deemed committed at either the place where communications originated or where they were received.

Legislative Description

Electronic communications; social media post

Criminal Code - Title 13

Last Action

Chapter 376

5/21/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules3/1/2021
Judiciary2/23/2021
Rules1/25/2021
Judiciary1/21/2021

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