Crimes and offenses; harassment and harassing communications, further provided

This bill increases penalties for harassment or threatening communications directed at public officials. Currently, such offenses are Class C misdemeanors, but this bill upgrades them to Class B misdemeanors when the victim is a public official. It applies to both physical harassment (like touching or abusive gestures) and communications (like threatening phone calls or online messages) intended to harass or alarm officials. The bill does not change penalties for harassment targeting non-officials or exempt legitimate business communications.