Creation of Crime of “Menacing” (H 5895, S 686)

  • Status: Died in Committee
  • Position: Oppose
  • Bill Number: H 5895, S 686
  • Session: 2023
  • Latest Update: March 24, 2023
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Summary

We opposed this bill which would have created a crime of “menacing,” which would make criminal a wide variety of hyperbolic comments regularly expressed by people in the heat of the moment.

We opposed this bill which would have created a crime of “menacing,” which would make criminal a wide variety of hyperbolic comments regularly expressed by people in the heat of the moment. Fortunately, this bill died in committee.

Sponsors:
Representative Robert Craven and Senator John Burke

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