A bill for an act relating to harassment by the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting of personal information, and making penalties applicable.
SF 35 expands the definition of harassment to include the unauthorized sharing of personal information. This bill directly affects individuals whose private contact or identity details are shared without their consent, as well as those who engage in such actions. It specifies that a person commits harassment if they purposefully disseminate, publish, distribute, or post another person's personal information without consent, intending to threaten, intimidate, annoy, or alarm them or encourage others to do so. "Personal information" is broadly defined to include contact details like home address, phone numbers, email, social media profiles, place of employment, and photographic depictions. Violations of this provision are classified as harassment in the first degree, an aggravated misdemeanor.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2025
Last action May 15, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2025
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 49
Apr 7, 2025
D
Democratic15
93% Yea
R
Republican34
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 15, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to Public Safety.
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Jan 23, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/27/2025 3:00PM Senate Lounge.
legislature
Jan 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Evans, Bisignano, and Dickey.
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Judiciary.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Charlie McClintock
RRepublican
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