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Committee hears emotional and legal debate on bills adding threats to public officials to aggravated harassment
Summary
Witnesses described real threats to elected officials and public-safety concerns supporting SB 1516/SB 1530; defense and civil-rights groups warned the aggravated-harassment language could be vague or unconstitutional without clear imminence or alarm standards. Testimony also addressed pretrial-release changes in SB 1516.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary held a lengthy public hearing on bills that would add threats to public officials to the crime of aggravated harassment and make related changes to pretrial-release procedures.
Supporters included a county commissioner who described repeated threats and stalking after taking office and municipal representatives who cited a Department of Justice assessment that the proposed language should survive a Rangel constitutional test when courts…
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