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Committee introduces bill raising penalties for trespass and damage to 'strategic facilities'
Summary
Representative Bridal Raybould, District 34, introduced RS 32,015 to the House Judiciary and Rules Administration Committee, asking the panel to print the draft for hearing.
Representative Bridal Raybould, District 34, introduced RS 32,015 to the House Judiciary and Rules Administration Committee, asking the panel to print the draft for hearing. The proposal increases criminal penalties for damaging or trespassing on facilities defined in the bill as "strategic facilities," and adds a separate penalty for persons or organizations that encourage or solicit others to commit those acts.
Raybould told the committee the measure grew from several years of work and recent incidents of trespass or damage to systems the state relies on, including energy transmission, pipelines and communications. "Because these systems are soft... this bill…
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