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SB 143 to revise the definition of the crime of stalking.

State of South Dakota  
SEVENTY-SECOND  SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  1997
 

736A0402  
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ENGROSSED   NO. SB143   -   2/4/97  

        Introduced by:  Senators Albers, Lawler, and Staggers and Representatives Fischer-Clemens and Brown (Jarvis)  

         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act  to expand the definition of the crime of stalking.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 22-19A-1 be amended to read as follows:
     22-19A-1.   Any person who :
             (1)    Who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or harasses another person ; or who
             (2)    Who makes a credible threat to another person with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of death or great bodily injury ;
is guilty of the crime of stalking. Stalking is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
BILL HISTORY
January 27 - First read in Senate and referred to Judiciary.   S.J.   172
February 3 - Passed as amended, AYES 6, NAYS 0.   S.J.   295