SB 5785 - DIGEST

     Provides that a person is guilty of a class C felony if the person harasses another person under this act by threatening to kill the person threatened or any other person, including the publication or unintentional publication to a third party of a list of persons the defendant is going to kill or identifies the persons on the list as deserving to die.

     Provides that any person under the age of eighteen arrested on charges of a violation of this act:  (1) That occurs on public or private elementary or secondary school premises, school provided transportation, or areas of facilities being used exclusively by public or private schools for school sponsored activities off the school grounds; or

     (2) that is directed at a person acting under authority of the school district, including employees and volunteers, shall be detained and confined by the arresting law enforcement agency for a minimum of forty-eight hours unless released from custody by a judicial authority after a determination regarding probable cause or sooner on bail.  A judge may not consider bail until an initial assessment has been made and received by the court by the appropriate mental health professional.