Bill Text: HI SB2104 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Harassment; Electronic Communications
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-15 - (S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure. [SB2104 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2104-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Harassment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 711-1106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) A person commits the offense of harassment if, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm any other person, that person:
(a) Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches another person in an offensive manner or subjects the other person to offensive physical contact;
(b) Insults, taunts, or challenges another person in a manner likely to provoke an immediate violent response or that would cause the other person to reasonably believe that the actor intends to cause bodily injury to the recipient or another or damage to the property of the recipient or another;
(c) Repeatedly makes telephone calls, facsimile transmissions, or any form of electronic communication as defined in section 711-1111(2), including electronic mail transmissions, without purpose of legitimate communication;
(d) Repeatedly makes a communication anonymously or at an extremely inconvenient hour;
(e) Repeatedly makes communications, after being
advised by the person to whom the communication is directed that further
communication is unwelcome; [or]
(f) Makes a communication using offensively coarse
language that would cause the recipient to reasonably believe that the actor
intends to cause bodily injury to the recipient or another or damage to the
property of the recipient or another[.]; or
(g) Makes any form of electronic communication, as defined in section 711-1111(2), including electronic mail transmissions, that is directed at a specific person and causes emotional distress to that person and serves no legitimate purpose."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Harassment; Electronic Communications
Description:
Provides that the making of an electronic communication, as defined in section 711-1111(2), Hawaii Revised Statutes, that is directed at a specific person and causes that person emotional distress and serves no legitimate purpose, together with the required specific intent, is harassment.
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