Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary This bill creates the offense of student athlete harassment for a person who intentionally does either of the following: Communicates a threat to a student athlete that is related to the performance of the student athlete in an intercollegiate sport, and the person communicating the threat (i) intends the communication to be a threat of harm to the student athlete or the student athlete's immediate family and (ii) a reasonable person would perceive the communication to be a threat of harm. Engages in sports-related bullying or cyber-bullying of a student athlete related to the performance of the student athlete in an intercollegiate sport. CLASSIFICATION This bill provides that a first violation is a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent violation is a Class E felony. EXEMPTION Such offense does not apply to an entity providing an electronic communications service to the public acting in the normal course of providing that service. A service provider is not required to maintain any record not otherwise kept in the ordinary course of that service provider's business; except that if an electronic communications service provider operates a website that offers a social network service and the electronic communications service provider provides services to consumers in this state, then any log files and images or communications that have been sent, posted, or displayed on the social network service's website and maintained by the electronic communications service provider must be disclosed to a governmental entity responsible for enforcing this section only if the governmental entity either: Obtains a warrant issued using this state's warrant procedures by a court of competent jurisdiction. Obtains a court order for the disclosure. Has the consent of
