HB 102 Summary

• Extends civil remedies provisions in §941 to cover violations of §9616A, allowing aggrieved persons to seek injunctions, restitution, receivership, and damages including treble damages for willful and malicious conduct.

• Creates new §9616A prohibiting persons from posting or displaying a program participant's actual address, telephone number, or image on the Internet with intent to incite violence or threats against the participant or household members.

• Establishes a written demand mechanism allowing program participants (or their guardians/power of attorney) to prohibit disclosure of their actual address or telephone number for three years, effective even if participation is terminated.

• Provides exemption for interactive computer services and access software providers from liability unless they intend to abet or cause bodily harm likely to occur to program participants.

• Establishes criminal penalties of class A misdemeanor for violations, escalating to class G felony if resulting in physical injury or class D felony if resulting in serious physical injury to program participants or household members.