Bill Text: VA SB486 | 2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Prisoners; harassment by use of computer, penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-10 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [SB486 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-SB486-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 486 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice) on February 1, 2012) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Newman) A BILL to amend and reenact §18.2-152.7:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to harassment by computer; prisoners; penalty.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §18.2-152.7:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§18.2-152.7:1. Harassment by computer; penalty.

A. If any person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, shall use a computer or computer network to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. If a prisoner incarcerated in a state correctional facility as defined in §53.1-1, or any person acting at the direction of the prisoner, uses or causes to be used a computer or a computer network, as those terms are defined in §18.2-152.2, to threaten or intimidate a person who was a victim of a criminal offense committed by the prisoner, he is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. For purposes of this subsection, the term "victim" has the same meaning as defined in §19.2-11.01.