Computer Crimes - Enacted Legislation in 2000
as of 1/21/01
Hackers & Viruses
Identity Theft
Internet & Children
Law Enforcement
Stalking & Harassment
Miscellaneous
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HACKERS & VIRUSES
Alaska
S.B. 259
Amends the crimes of criminal use of a computer and fraudulent use
of an access device.
Signed by Governor 5/22/00, Chapter 65
California
A.B. 2232
Amends penalties for accessing computers without permission and computer
viruses.
Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/26/00, Chapter No. 634
California
A.B. 2727
Provides civil remedies for damage or loss as specified and incorporates
A.B. 2232 to other civil remedies.
Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/26/00, Chapter No. 635
Iowa
S.F. 2241 (formerly S.S.B. 3057)
Consolidates certain criminal offenses concerning computer access,
damage, or theft, video rental theft, election bribery, and voting duress.
Signed by Governor 5/19/00
Michigan
H.B. 5184 (PDF)
Amends the sentencing guidelines to reflect the penalties revised by
House Bills 5185-5187
Signed by Governor 6/20/00, Public Act 178
Michigan
H.B. 5185 (PDF)
Amends penalties for computer access crimes.
Signed by Governor 6/20/00, Public Act 179
Michigan
H.B. 5186 (TXT)
Amends penalties for computer access crimes.
Signed by Governor 6/20/00, Public Act 180
Michigan
H.B. 5187 (PDF)
Amends definitions for computer access crimes.
Signed by Governor 6/20/00, Public Act 181
Pennsylvania
S.B. 1077
Amends the criminal code to include the intentional distribution of
a computer virus.
Signed by Governor 5/26/00, Act No. 24
Utah
S.B. 36
Amends the criminal offense of interfering with a communication device,
including a computer, used to summon emergency aid.
Signed by Governor 3/7/00, Session Law Chapter 54
West
Virginia S.B. 153 (WordPerfect)
Amends definitions and penalties to crime of
introducing computer virus.
Signed by Governor 3/16/00, Chapter 57
IDENTITY THEFT
California
A.B. 1862
Requires the Department of Justice to establish and maintain a database
to record information concerning victims of criminal identity theft and
allows permitted parties access to database.
Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/26/00, Chapter 631
Colorado
HB 1111 (PDF)
Prohibits production of false identification, including the use of
computerized templates.
Signed by Governor 5/19/00, Chapter 159
Delaware
H.B. 437
Creates crime of identity theft to including theft of electronic identification
information, e-mail address and computer password.
Signed by Governor 5/19/00
Kentucky, H.B.
4
Creates crime of identity theft and trafficking of identity theft that
is kept in documents, photo or electrical copies, computer storage, or
any other form of document retrieval and storage.
Signed by Governor 3/28/00, Acts Chapter 174
Pennsylvania
H.B. 945 (PDF)
Defines the crime of identity theft to include information stored on
a computer disk, computer system, computer printout or any other electronic
means.
Signed by Governor 5/22/00, Act No. 21
Rhode
Island H.B. 7535
Enacts the Impersonation and Identity Fraud Act, which includes electronic
identification number and telecommunication identifying information.
Signed by Governor 7/6/00
South Carolina
H.B. 3509
Creates the Personal Financial Security Act, which prohibits theft
of identifying information including digital signatures and electronic
identifying information.
Signed by Governor 5/30/00, Act No. 305
South
Dakota S.B. 20
Creates the crime of identity theft including the theft of user names
and identifications.
Signed by Governor 2/28/00
Utah
H.B. 163
Creates the crime of identification number fraud and defines identification
number to include digital signatures.
Signed by Governor 3/1/00, Session Law Chapter 33
Utah
S.B. 75
Creates the criminal offense of identity fraud, which includes within
the definition of identifying information electronic identification numbers
and digital signatures.
Signed by Governor 3/7/00, Session Law Chapter 57
Virginia
H.B. 373
Creates the crime of identity fraud, which includes within the definition
of identifying information electronic identification code, electronic signatures,
and biometric data.
Signed by Governor 4/3/00, Chapter 349
INTERNET & CHILDREN
Alaska
S.B. 259
Amends the crimes of unlawful exploitation of a minor to include electronic
depictions.
Signed by Governor 5/22/00, Chapter 65
California
A.B. 2021
Makes it a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly contact or communicate
with a minor under the age of 14 years for the purpose of persuading and
luring that minor away from a location known by the minor's parent or custodian
to be a place where the minor is located, for any purpose and without the
express consent of the parent or custodian.
Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/26/00, Chapter No. 621
Delaware
S.B. 386
Modernizes the Delaware Criminal Code regarding child pornography.
Signed by Governor 7/26/00
Florida
H.B. 683
Provides penalties for transmission of lewd exhibitions over the Internet
to minors and amends the definition for sexually violent offenses.
Signed by Governor 6/7/00, Chapter 246
Hawaii
S.B. 2465
Amends the promoting pornography for minors exemption for public library
staff by narrowing the exemption to persons acting within the scope of
their employment.
Signed by Governor 4/19/00, Act 21
Illinois
S.B. 1273
Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act to provide that
it is a Class 4 felony for a person 16 years or older to knowingly induce
a person to make a telephone call or transmit an electronic communication
or to knowingly impersonate another person with the intent to harass that
person by a telephone call or electronic communication.
Signed by Governor 6/30/00, Public Act No. 91-878
Michigan
S.B. 893 (TXT)
Redefines "crime" regarding crimes against minors via the Internet.
Signed by Governor 6/20/00, Public Act 184
Michigan
S.B. 894 (TXT)
Amends criminal code to include committing crimes against minors.
Signed by Governor 6/20/00, Public Act 185
Michigan
S.B. 1162 (TXT)
Amends the sentencing guidelines to include the penalties established
by S.B. 894.
Signed by Governor 6/20/00, Public Act 183
New York S.B. 8238
Enacts the sexual assault reform act, includes sentences for sexual
assault against a child contacted by use of the Internet.
Signed by Governor 10/19/00, Chapter 1
Ohio
H.B. 724
Expands the offense of importuning so that it prohibits soliciting
another by means of a computer or another telecommunications device to
engage in sexual activity under specified circumstances, increases the
penalty for that offense in certain circumstances, and enhances the penalty
for pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor in specified circumstances.
Signed by Governor 12/21/00, Am. Sub. H.B. 724
Oklahoma
H.B. 2349 (RTF)
Prohibits use of electronic device or computer to make lewd proposals
to a child.
Signed by Governor 4/14/00
Oklahoma
S.B. 1608 (RTF)
Prohibits lewd proposals to a child via electronic or computer-generated
means for the child to have unlawful sexual relations or sexual intercourse
with any person.
Signed by Governor 6/5/00
Pennsylvania
S.B. 262
Criminalizes the dissemination of obscene materials via an electronic
communication to minors and requires the term “ADV-ADLT” at the beginning
of the subject line to accompany an unsolicited electronic advertisement.
Signed by Governor , Act 25
South Carolina
H.B. 4426
Requires governing boards of certain libraries including public school
or higher education institution libraries that have computers which can
access the Internet and are available for use by the public or students,
to develop use policies intended to reduce the ability of the user to access
web sites displaying pornography, and to permit criminal prosecution under
applicable laws or local ordinances of persons knowingly downloading pornography
from computers in these libraries.
Signed by Governor 10/10/00, Act No. 407
South
Dakota H.B. 1308
Amends definitions relating to prohibiting possession of forms of computer-related
child pornography.
Signed by Governor 3/23/00
Tennessee
S.B. 2272 (PDF)
Criminalizes the use of electronic communication to solicit a person
under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity.
Signed by Governor 6/21/00, Pub. Ch. 944
Vermont
S.B. 226
Prohibits the use of a computer to lure a child under the age of 16
to engage in a sexual act.
Signed by Governor 5/19/00
Virginia
H.B. 1492
Includes an obscene item stored in an electronic medium as one of the
enumerated obscene items under § 18.2-373. The bill provides that
an Internet service provider (ISP) or electronic mail service provider
shall not be liable under § 18.2-391 when a person using such services
commits prohibited acts regarding the provision of sexually explicit material
to juveniles.
Signed by Governor 4/9/00
West
Virginia S.B. 133 (WordPerfect)
Creates felony of distribution via electronic means of obscene matter
to minors.
Signed by Governor 4/3/00, Chapter 193, Acts 2000
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Arizona
S.B. 1074
Makes an appropriation to the Department of Public Safety and Department
of Law for fighting Internet crimes.
Signed by Governor 4/10/00, Chapter 221
California
A.B. 1862
Requires the Department of Justice to establish and maintain a data
base to record information concerning victims of criminal identity theft
and allows permitted parties access to data base.
Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/26/00, Chapter No. 631
California
S.B. 1357
Continues indefinitely the provisions relating to the High Technology
Crime Advisory Committee and requires the appointment of a designee of
the Department of Information Technology as a member of the High Technology
Crime Advisory Committee.
Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/26/00, Chapter 654
Kentucky
S.B. 116
Facilitates the entry of conditions of a defendant's release into the
Law Information Network of Kentucky.
Signed by Governor 4/11/00
Michigan
S.B. 373
Amends sentencing guidelines for unlawful disclosure of information
from the Law Enforcement Information Network.
Signed by Governor 7/7/00, Public Act 279
New
Hampshire H.B. 1459
Authorizes state police to record and update on its computer system
any arrest warrant or capias issued for criminal or civil non-support.
Signed by Governor 5/23/00, Chapter 150
New York A.B. 7162
Authorizes family court to permit testimony by telephone, audio-visual
or other electronic means in appropriate support and paternity cases; charges
the chief administrator of the court with responsibility for promulgating
rules and forms needed to implement this measure once it becomes law.
Signed by Governor 9/20/00, Chapter 475
New York A.B. 7970
Permits service of restraining notices by electronic means; also permits
such electronic service of information subpoenas where the person to be
served, or an agent, officer or director of a corporation, partnership
or sole proprietorship, consents.
Signed by Governor 8/30/00, Chapter 409
New York S.B. 6922
Amends the criminal procedure law permitting electronic court appearances
in certain counties.
Signed by Governor 10/4/00, Chapter 514
Oklahoma
H.B. 2169 (RTF)
Authorizes closed-circuit television or any other electronic means
for juvenile detention hearings.
Signed by Governor 5/3/00
Oklahoma
S.B. 1601 (RTF)
Authorizes testimony to be given by telephonic or other electronic
means in hearings determining competency for criminal trials.
Signed by Governor 5/26/00
Tennessee
S.B. 2415
Requires the Comptroller to develop and promulgate a form, in printed
and electronic format, for law enforcement to track personal identifying
information for traffic stops.
Signed by Governor 6/19/00, Chapter 910
Utah
S.B. 47
Authorizes telephonic or live audiovisual testimony at administrative
hearings regarding driving while intoxicated and reckless driving.
Signed by Governor 3/16/00, Session Law Chapter 298
STALKING & HARASSMENT
Colorado
H.B. 1107 (PDF)
Adds crime of harassment by computer and amends the definition of computer
crime.
Signed by Governor 5/23/00, Chapter 171
Georgia
H.B. 1097
Amends definition of stalking to include computer harassment.
Signed by Governor 5/1/00, Act No. 804
Iowa
S.F. 2308 (formerly S.F. 2154)
Amends definition of harassment to include electronic communications.
Signed by Governor 4/21/00
Massachusetts S.B. 2082
Includes the use of electronic mail or the Internet within the definition
of criminal harassment.
Signed by Governor 8/1/00, Chapter 164
Minnesota
H.F. 2688
Clarifies that harassment crimes prohibit harassment by electronic
means.
Signed by Governor 4/3/00, Chapter No. 311
North
Carolina H.B. 813
Makes cyberstalking a criminal offense and clarifies that criminal
offense of introducing computer viruses.
Signed by Governor 7/14/00, Chapter Law 125
Oklahoma
H.B. 2043 (RTF)
Amends the criminal code to include the prohibition against using a
computer to threaten or harass other people.
Signed by Governor 4/20/00
Vermont
S.B. 314
Extends jurisdiction over electronic communication to include the place
where it was received and adds electronic communications to the crimes
of harassment, false public alarms, false advertising, lottery tickets,
and publicly displaying sex or nudity for advertising purposes.
Signed by Governor 5/18/00
Virginia
H.B. 1524
Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to use a computer or computer network
to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent
language, or to make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature or
threaten any illegal or immoral act with intent to coerce, intimidate,
or harass.
Signed by Governor 4/9/00, Chapter 849
MISCELLANEOUS
Arizona
H.B. 2428
Amends definitions of computer crimes.
Signed by Governor 4/7/00, Chapter 189
California
A.B. 1767
Adds to the list of offenses for which a computer, computer system,
computer
network, or any software or data used in the commission of the offense
would be subject to forfeiture.
Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/26/00, Chapter No. 628
California
S.B. 1319
Provides that it is unlawful for a person, with a bad faith intent
to register, traffic in, or use an Internet domain name that is identical
or confusingly similar to the personal name of another living person or
deceased personality, with certain exceptions, as specified.
Chaptered by Secretary of State 8/22/00, Chapter No. 218
California
S.B. 1828
Prohibits any person or entity from prescribing, dispensing, or furnishing
dangerous drugs or dangerous devices on the Internet for delivery to any
person in this state, except as specified. This bill also prohibits, pursuant
to the Pharmacy Law, any person or entity from dispensing or furnishing,
or causing the dispensing or furnishing of, dangerous drugs or dangerous
devices on the Internet for delivery to any person in this state without
a prescription issued pursuant to a good faith prior examination under
specified conditions.
Chaptered by Secretary of State 9/26/00, Chapter No. 681
Maine
L.D. 2436
Allows the Attorney General, a deputy attorney
general or a district attorney to request records of Internet service providers
and mobile telecommunications service providers in the same way other utility
records are requested when there are grounds to believe the Internet service
is being used for an unlawful purpose.
Signed by Governor 4/12/00, Public Law Chapter
686
Maryland
H.B. 278
Revises the definitions and penalties for computer-related crimes.
Signed by Governor 4/25/00, Chapter 7
Michigan
H.B. 5184
Amends the computer fraud sentencing guidelines.
Signed by Governor 6/20/00, Act 178
Michigan
S.B. 1162 (TXT)
Amends sentencing guidelines for crime of committing or attempting
to commit another crime by use of the internet or a computer.
Signed by Governor 6/20/00, Public Act 185
Ohio
S.B. 12
Prohibits the provision of Internet access to prisoners in state, county,
municipal, and privately operated prison facilities except for education
purposes, and prohibits prisoners from accessing the Internet except for
such purposes.
Signed by Governor 3/8/00, Am. Sub. S.B. 12
Oklahoma
H.B. 2665 (RTF)
Includes telephone, Internet and data transmission within theft of
cable television services.
Signed by Governor 4/24/00
Oklahoma
S.B. 1489 (RTF)
Authorizes seizure and forfeiture of equipment used in relation to
obscene material.
Signed by Governor 4/18/00
Pennsylvania
S.B. 255
Amends the definition of theft of telecommunications services to include
disruption or decryption of Internet access.
Signed by Governor , Act No. 64
Pennsylvania
S.B. 262
Provides criminal penalties for dissemination of explicit sexual materials
via an electronic communication if the message does not contain "ADV-Adult"
in the subject line of the message.
Signed by Governor 6/13/00, Act No. 25
South Carolina
S.B. 470
Prohibits the use of electronic video or audio equipment for the purpose
of eavesdropping or peeping; prohibits a person from committing the crime
of voyeurism, and defines the term "voyeurism"; and prohibits the sale
or distribution of any recording, videotape, or film of another person.
Signed by Governor 6/14/00, Act No. 104
South
Dakota H.B. 1110
Prohibits the use of the Internet for certain gambling activities.
Signed by Governor 3/14/00
Virginia
H.B. 1362
Creates original jurisdiction for the Attorney General to prosecute,
with the concurrence of the local attorney for the Commonwealth, violations
of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act.
Signed by Governor 4/2/00, Chapter 239
Washington S.B.
6154 (PDF)
Authorizes credit card and electronic transfers for payment of defendants'
court-ordered legal financial obligations.
Signed by Governor 3/29/00, Chapter 202
West
Virginia S.B. 641
Creates the offense of criminal invasion of privacy, which includes
digitally recorded images of a person.
Signed by Governor 3/29/00, Chapter 84
Wisconsin
AB 614 (PDF)
Prohibits transporting (including through the Internet) pirated recordings
for commercial advantage or private financial gain.
Signed by Governor 4/11/00, Act 51
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