SB 1298: Use of profane, threatening, etc., language over the telephone; repeated telephone contact, penalty.

Summary

Use of profane, threatening, etc., language over the telephone; repeated telephone contact; penalty. Creates a Class 6 felony for any person who uses obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or makes any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threatens any illegal or immoral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, over any telephone to (i) the same person 50 or more times within a 48-hour period or (ii) two or more family or household members of a person 50 or more times within a 48-hour period.

Latest recorded action

Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)

Jan 27, 2025

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