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Introduced Session

Under current federal law, there are criminal and civil penalties for disrupting another person’s access to reproductive health services and places of religious worship. This bill creates a similar set of penalties under state law. Under the bill, it is a Class A misdemeanor, or a Class I felony for a second or subsequent offense, to do any of the following: 1. By using force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injure, intimidate, or interfere with a person because they have been obtaining or providing reproductive health services. 2. By using force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injure, intimidate, or interfere with a person to attempt to prevent that person from obtaining or providing reproductive health services. 3. Intentionally damage or destroy the property of a reproductive health service facility because the facility provides reproductive health services. 4. By using force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injure, intimidate, or interfere with a person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship. LRB-6450/1 MJW:ads&wlj 2025 - 2026 Legislature SENATE BILL 1087 5. Intentionally damage or destroy the property of a place of religious worship. The bill also creates a civil cause of action for persons or entities harmed by an action from the above list and provides that a court may order appropriate relief for individuals who have been harmed and may, in addition, assess civil forfeitures against violators. Under current law, a Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment for up to nine months, or both, and a Class I felony is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment for up to three years and six months, or both. Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.

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Dianne Hesselbein (D)*,  LaTonya Johnson (D)*,  Sarah Keyeski (D)*,  Chris Larson (D)*,  Melissa Ratcliff (D)*,  Kelda Roys (D)*,  Mark Spreitzer (D)*,  Clint Anderson (D),  Deb Andraca (D),  Mike Bare (D),  Brienne Brown (D),  Karen DeSanto (D),  Francesca Hong (D),  Andrew Hysell (D),  Alex Joers (D),  Karen Kirsch (D),  Maureen McCarville (D),  Vincent Miresse (D),  Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D),  Ann Roe (D),  Christine Sinicki (D),  Lee Snodgrass (D),  Lisa Subeck (D),  Sequanna Taylor (D),  Angelito Tenorio (D),  Randy Udell (D), 

Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (on 03/23/2026)

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