Committee clears bill criminalizing disruptive interference with virtual public meetings
House Bill 5238 was advanced to the full Senate; the bill extends existing prohibitions on disrupting lawful meetings to virtual gatherings and classifies disruptive electronic interference as a Class B misdemeanor.
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The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice voted to report House Bill 5238 favorably to the full Senate after the sponsor described the need to modernize statutes that prohibit disruption of lawful meetings to cover virtual government gatherings.
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