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Panel approves rewritten doxing bill after testimony raising vagueness and First Amendment concerns
Summary
Senate Bill 170, a rewritten "doxing" bill aimed at protecting minors, passed the Judiciary Committee 5-1 after testimony from criminal-defense lawyers warning the measure contains undefined terms ("malicious," "due to") and may reach constitutionally protected speech. Sponsor said he relied on existing cyberbullying language.
Senator Garner presented an extensively amended version of SB170 that he described as a distinct offense from cyberbullying and focused on doxing of minors that causes a reasonable fear of physical injury. Garner said he borrowed the communication definition from the state's cyberbullying statute and created a tiered punishment scheme tied to harm (felony classes for severe outcomes, misdemeanors for less severe…
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