South Carolina

The current law.

ARTICLE 17. HARASSMENT AND STALKING
SECTION 16-3-1700. Definitions. [SC ST SEC 16-3-1700]

As used in this article:

(A) "Harassment" means a pattern of intentional, substantial, and
unreasonable intrusion into the private life of a targeted person that
causes the person and would cause a reasonable person in his position to
suffer mental distress. Harassment may include, but is not limited to:

(1) following the targeted person as he moves from location to location;

(2) visual, physical, verbal, written, or electronic contact that is
initiated, maintained, or repeated after a person has been provided notice
that the contact is unwanted;

The ammended bill.

A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-1700, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITIONS OF "HARASSMENT" AND "STALKING", SO AS TO
REVISE THE DEFINITIONS OF HARASSMENT AND STALKING, DEFINE "CYBERSTALKING",
"ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION", AND "ELECTRONIC MAIL"; TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE
16, RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON, BY ADDING SECTION 16-3-1725, SO
AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO ENGAGE IN CYBERSTALKING OR
TO UNLAWFULLY HARASS OR STALK ANOTHER PERSON BY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION OR
ELECTRONIC MAIL AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION.

12/15/04 Senate Prefiled
12/15/04 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/11/05 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-159
01/11/05 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-159