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Joint committees add penalties, widen scope of damage-to‑critical‑infrastructure bill and pass with amendments
Summary
Senate Bill 371 was amended to widen the definition of critical infrastructure, add water systems, and explicitly allow manslaughter charges when deaths result from attacks on critical systems; the committees voted to pass the bill with those amendments.
Two joint Senate committees voted to pass Senate Bill 371 with amendments that broaden the bill’s scope and increase potential penalties for damaging critical infrastructure.
Deputy Attorney General Trisha Nakamatsu recommended incorporating existing statutory definitions of “critical infrastructure” (citing section 708‑890) so the bill covers a wider range of systems beyond electrical power, including computer systems that control transportation, gas, water and other…
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