SB1026 H JUD AM #1

Baker 3228

The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the committee substitute on page 2, after the enacting clause, by striking the remainder of the committee substitute and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

article 6. Crimes against the peace.

§61-6-13. Disturbance of religious worship; penalty.

(a) If any person wilfully interrupt, molest or disturb willfully interrupts, obstructs, or substantially disturbs any assembly of people met meeting for the worship of God religious worship, he or she shall be is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than six months one year and fined not less than $25 $250 nor more than $100 $1,000 for each violation. Any officer may put such the offender under restraint during religious worship, and the court trying the case may require bond or recognizance of him or her for not more than one year to be of good behavior.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit peaceful picketing, protest, or other expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment that does not willfully interrupt, obstruct, or substantially disturb any assembly of persons meeting for religious worship.

Adopted

Rejected