HB 3238 - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Declares an intent to protect our communities from the very real threats posed by violent sex predators and from those that would seek to exploit those threats by terrorizing the population with bogus notifications.

Declares that a person is guilty of distributing a false sex offender community notification bulletin if, with the intent to alarm, harass, or intimidate any other person, he or she distributes information designed to resemble a sex offender community notification bulletin knowing that it is not a sex offender community notification bulletin.

Provides that distributing a false sex offender community notification bulletin is a class C felony.