Bill Title: Economic intimidation of a legislator. Creates a cause of action with the civil rights commission (commission) concerning economic intimidation of a legislator. Provides that the commission may assess a fine of up to $5,000,000 for economic intimidation of a legislator. Makes it a Level 6 felony if a person knowingly or intentionally uses the person's economic power to cause a legislator to lose the legislator's employment (other than the legislator's office) because of the legislator's: (1) opinion; (2) vote on legislation; or (3) duties as a legislator. Provides that the attorney general may prosecute this crime under certain circumstances. Provides

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-12 - First reading: referred to Committee on Rules & Legislative Procedure [SB0390 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Michael Delph [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Earline Rogers [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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