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Doxing bill draws amendments tying online threats to intimidation and adding drone provisions; committee holds the measure
Summary
Senate Bill 140 would criminalize doxxing with intent to cause fear or facilitate harm and escalates penalties when serious injury or death results; amendments discussed would fold doxxing into the intimidation statute and add unmanned aerial-vehicle language. The committee held the bill for further work and invited stakeholders to review amendments.
Senate Bill 140, introduced by Senator Becker, would create a doxxing offense for posting another person's personal identifying information with intent to place them in fear of bodily injury, property damage or to aid a third party in committing a crime. The bill makes doxxing a class A misdemeanor and raises penalties to felony levels when the conduct causes serious bodily injury…
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