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Panel recommends favorably bill clarifying business-owner conduct not automatically stalking
Summary
The committee recommended favorably House Bill 287, which clarifies that reasonable actions by a business owner to protect ownership interests are not, by themselves, stalking. The bill drew no formal opposition in committee and was placed on the consent calendar.
Representative Grisius introduced House Bill 287, which the sponsor said responds to a constituent report that stalking injunctions were being used improperly in a commercial dispute. The sponsor described the bill as a narrow clarification: if a business owner is acting “in a manner that is reasonable and necessary to protect your ownership interest in that business,” those actions would not constitute stalking under the statute.
The sponsor said the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) supports the bill and the Victim Services Commission supports it “in concept.” The committee heard no public opposition and the committee later voted unanimously to recommend favorably and to place the bill on consent.
Votes at the committee
- Recommend favorably HB 287 to the full Senate: motion moved by Senator Brammer; outcome: 5–0. - Motion to place HB 287 on consent: passed unanimously.
