SB 15 - Funeral Picketing Ban - Montana Key Vote
Brian Schweitzer signed this Legislation.
Read statements Brian Schweitzer made in this general time period.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- March 16, 2007
- House Bill Passed
- March 7, 2007
- Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 25, 2007
- Introduced
- Nov. 16, 2006
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Title: Funeral Picketing Ban
Signed by Governor Brian Schweitzer
Title: Funeral Picketing Ban
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that makes it a crime to protest funerals.
Highlights:
-Defines "Picketing" as the production of noise or action with the intention to disturb the funeral service in progress [sec. 1(5)(C)]. -States that it is a crime to picket within 1,500 feet of funeral sites, for an hour before and an hour after the service [sec. 1(1)]. -Imposes a fine between $250 and $1,000 and/or a jail sentence of up to a year [sec. 1(2)].
Title: Funeral Picketing Ban
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill which makes it a crime to protest within 1,500 feet of funeral sites. For the specific time period of up to one hour before and one hour after the service.
Highlights:
Defines "Picketing" as the production of noise or action with the intention to disturb the funeral service in progress [sec. 1(C)]. States that it is a crime to picket within 1,500 feet of funeral sites, for an hour before and an hour after the service [sec. 1(1)]. Imposes a fine, for a person convicted, between $250 and $1,000 and or a jail sentence of up to a year [sec. 1(2)].