Criminal stalking.

2015
STATE OF WYOMING
15LSO-0439
Numbered
2.1

SENATE FILE

NO.
SF0112

Criminal stalking.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Craft, Esquibel, F., Hastert, Landen, Pappas and Von Flatern and Representative(s) Dayton, Freeman, Gay, Harshman, Madden and Pelkey

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the crime of stalking; amending the elements of the crime as specified; providing that the elements do not require proof that the victim received professional treatment or counseling; providing for a psychiatric evaluation of persons arrested for stalking as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 6
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2
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506(a)(ii) and by c
reating a new subsection (f) is
amended to read:

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2
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506
.

Stalking; penalty.

(a)

As used in this section:

(ii)

"Harass" means to engage in a course of conduct, including but not limited to verbal threats, written threats, lewd or obscene statements or images, vandalism or nonconsensual physical contact, directed at a specific person or the family of a specific person, which
the defendant knew or should have known would cause a reasonable

causes the
person to suffer substantial emotional distress, and which does in fact seriously alarm the person toward whom it is directed.

Proof of substantial emotional distress shall not require proof that the victim received professional treatment or counseling.

(f)

Any order
providing
for
release on
bail of a
person arrested for the crime of stalking
shall include an order that
the person undergo a mental health
evaluation to determine if the person is a danger to self or others. The evaluation
shall be completed within fourteen (14
) days of release and the results
provided to the court within five (5
) days after completion of the evaluation.
Cost of the evaluation shall be borne by the person evaluated.

The report of the evaluation shall be considered a report of
an
examiner pursuant to W.S. 25
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10
‑
109(b) and the cou
rt

shall
make appropriate furthe
r orders as provided in W.S. 25
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10
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109(b) through (m).

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

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