Legislation sponsored by Senator Jennifer Beck, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, that would broaden protections for stalking victims passed the full Senate unanimously today.
“I am pleased to join with my colleague Senator Buono in sponsoring this landmark legislation that will broaden protections for stalking victims,” Beck stated. “This measure will simply let women live free from fear.”
The bill will expand the current stalking law to include conduct that causes a reasonable person to fear for her safety or the safety of a third person or to suffer emotional distress. Additionally, the bill amends the definition of conduct to include directly or indirectly or through a third person or by device to follow, monitor, surveil, threaten, or interfere with a person’s property.
“Technological advances require that the Legislature update and amend current statutes to ensure that the victims of stalkers receive the best available protection,” Beck continued. “GPS, and easily concealed video and still cameras furnish stalkers with the means to threaten, harass and intimidate without the need to be in the immediate area.”
Violators of the law are guilty of a crime of the fourth degree punishable of a term of imprisonment not to exceed 18 months, a maximum fine of $10,000 or both. Violator’s who commit a second or subsequent offense are guilty of a crime of the third degree punishable my a maximum term of imprisonment of five years, a fine of $15,000 or both.
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