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Introduced Session

This bill provides that manipulation of certain caller identification information may constitute cyber-harassment and stalking. Under current law, a person commits the crime of cyber-harassment if, while making a communication in an online capacity via any electronic device or through a social networking site and with the purpose to harass, the person threatens to inflict injury or physical harm to any person or any person's property; knowingly sends, posts, comments, requests, suggests, or proposes any lewd, indecent, or obscene material to or about a person with the intent to emotionally harm a reasonable person or place a reasonable person in fear of physical or emotional harm to his person; or threatens to commit any crime against the person or their property. This bill would amend the crime of cyber-harassment to include that "making a communication in an online capacity" would include the unlawful practice of knowingly making, placing, initiating, or otherwise transmitting a call or text message or engaging in conduct that results in the display of misleading, false, or inaccurate caller identification information on the receiving party's telephone or circumventing a caller identification service that is designed to allow the receiving party to identify caller identification information regarding the origin and nature of the call or text message. In addition, the bill specifies that the crime of stalking includes repeatedly committing harassment pursuant to N.J.S.2C:33-4 or cyber-harassment pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2013, c.272 (C.2C:33-4.1).

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John Armato (D)*,  Angelica Jimenez (D)*,  Pedro Mejia (D)*,  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee (on 02/25/2020)