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2012 SESSION

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SB 434 Funeral or memorial service disruption; penalty.

Introduced by: Linda T. Puller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Funeral protests; penalty.  Makes it unlawful for a person to address speech to a person attending a funeral or memorial service that is reasonably likely to provoke an imminent breach of the peace, or to engage in picketing activity within 250 feet of a funeral or memorial service that targets one or more persons attending such service. A violation of this provision is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Funeral protests; penalty.  Makes it unlawful for a person to disrupt a funeral or memorial service during the 60 minutes immediately preceding through the time immediately following such service with the intent to disrupt the service. A violation of this provision is a Class 2 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 1 misdemeanor for a subsequent offense.