File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 778/97 - JUD
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 140
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Hogan and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Crimes - Electronic Mail Misuse - Penalties
Prohibiting a person from using electronic mail for a communication
made with intent to harass one or more persons or by sending lewd,
lascivious, or obscene material; providing a specified exception;
providing for a penalty of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not
more than 1 year or both for violations of the Act; and defining
electronic mail.
Senate Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/16
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/17
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/19
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/12
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Ferguson, Middlebrooks, Forehand
- 4/13
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/11
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/21
- Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
House Action
- 3/20
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 4/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/7
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-1)
- 4/9
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Genn, Dembrow, Jacobs
- 4/11
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (133-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMPUTERS
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
- ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
- HARASSMENT
- OBSCENITY -see also- NUDITY & SEXUAL DISPLAYS; PORNOGRAPHY
- PENALTIES
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS -see also- TELEPHONES
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
555C
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 801697/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 10, 1998 at:
10:26 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 073401/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 13, 1998 at:
11:58 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 513405/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 13, 1998 at:
11:58 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 19, 1998: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 13, 1998: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- House
- April 7, 1998: Third Reading Passed (136-1)
- April 11, 1998: Third Reading Passed (133-0)
