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1999 SESSION
HB 2236 Encryption used in criminal activity; penalty.
Introduced by: Joe T. May | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Encryption used in criminal activity. Provides that any person who willfully uses encryption to further any criminal activity shall be guilty of an offense which is separate and distinct from the predicate criminal activity and punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Encryption is defined as the enciphering of intelligible data into unintelligible form or the deciphering of unintelligible data into intelligible form.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Encryption used in criminal activity. Provides that any person who willfully uses encryption to further any criminal activity shall be guilty of an offense which is separate and distinct from the predicate criminal activity and punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Encryption used in criminal activity. Provides that any person who willfully uses encryption to further any criminal activity shall be guilty of an offense which is separate and distinct from the predicate criminal activity and punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.