SB 537 – Increases the penalty for the crime of harassment

• Sponsor: Chappelle-Nadal
• LR Number: 4097S.01I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 1/5/2012 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Journal Page: S62
• Effective Date: August 28, 2012

Current Bill Summary

SB 537 - This act increases the penalty for the crime of harassment from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony. If the crime is committed by a person twenty-one years of age or older against a person seventeen years of age or younger or the person has previously been convicted of harassment, then the act increases the penalty from a Class D felony to a Class C felony.

This act is identical to SB 30 (2011) and HB 1338 (2010).

MEGHAN LUECKE