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Committee advances bill to expand doxing statute to electronic communications
Summary
The committee voted to report House Bill 3425 after the sponsor said it would treat sharing a person's residential address or phone number via electronic messages with intent to harm the same as posting that information on a public website.
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice on Oct. 11 voted to report House Bill 3425 to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation after the sponsor said the bill would expand existing law to cover disclosures made through electronic communications.
Senate sponsor Senator Zaffirini (reading sponsor remarks) said House Bill 3425 would make it an offense to disclose a person’s residence address or telephone number through…
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