AN ACT
ENTITLED, An Act to revise the elements of the crime of stalking to include certain forms of harassing communications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 22-19A-1 be amended to read as follows: 22-19A-1. Any person:
(1) Who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or harasses another person; or
(2) Who makes a credible threat to another person with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of death or great bodily injury; or
(3) Who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly harasses another person by means of any verbal, electronic, mechanical, telegraphic, or written communication; is guilty of the crime of stalking. Stalking is a Class 1 misdemeanor.