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DoomsdaysCW<p>Feds Criminalize Aiding <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration is targeting nonviolent acts like identifying masked agents and handing out <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPE</span></a> in support of LA’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiICE</span></a> movement.</p><p>Akela Lacy<br>July 23 2025</p><p>Excerpt: " 'Roving patrols' operating without reasonable suspicion and denying access to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> violated the Fourth and the Fifth Amendments, the judge wrote. 'What the federal government would have this Court believe — in the face of a mountain of evidence presented in this case — is that none of this is actually happening.'</p><p>"Now, those accused of helping the anti-ICE movement are facing prosecution or investigation. Earlier this month, a federal grand jury indicted a man after he handed out <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FaceShields" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FaceShields</span></a> to people protesting ICE in Los Angeles two days after President Donald Trump deployed the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a>. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlejandroOrellana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlejandroOrellana</span></a>, 29, pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to aid and abet civil disorders. According to a grand jury indictment, the face shields were 'advertised as designed to protect from chemical splashes and flying debris.'</p><p>" 'Alejandro Orellana’s arrest for distributing supplies is an outrageous violation of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> and should be a wakeup call to people everywhere,' said California attorney Thomas Harvey.</p><p>" 'This appears to be a targeted, political attack on resistance to a military incursion on our communities,' Harvey said. 'Distributing supplies to protesters is not a crime. It’s a critical role to help keep people safe — especially in the face of some of the most violent police repression I’ve seen since the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ferguson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ferguson</span></a> uprising.' "</p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/feds-criminalize-protests-masked-ice/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/23/fe</span><span class="invisible">ds-criminalize-protests-masked-ice/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/sQii5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/sQii5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsViolations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeKeepOurselvesSafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeKeepOurselvesSafe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeKeepEachOtherSafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeKeepEachOtherSafe</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Former <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> candidate may lose sight after being arrested in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SydneyAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SydneyAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> at alleged <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> technology supplier</p><p>Hannah Thomas, who ran against Anthony Albanese in the Sydney electorate of Grayndler, sustained facial injuries</p><p>Henry Belot, Fri 27 Jun 2025</p><p>"A former Greens candidate has been injured after allegedly resisting police arrest while picketing a business in Sydney’s west, with friends and family warned she may lose sight in her right eye.</p><p>"The protest, which attracted between 50 and 60 people, sought to stop pedestrian access to a business that was accused by protesters of 'supplying electroplating and surface coating services for a variety of applications including aerospace and defence technology' to Israel.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> alleged the company was reportedly 'involved in providing plating services for various parts used in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/F35" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>F35</span></a> jets' used by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliMilitary</span></a>. </p><p>"According to police, officers issued a move-on direction to the protesters at about 5.30am on Friday.</p><p>"The force alleged the protest was 'unauthorised', as those involved had not given advanced notice nor submitted a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/form" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>form</span></a> that protected them from being charged under <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/27/former-greens-candidate-may-lose-sight-after-being-arrested-in-sydney-protest-at-alleged-israel-technology-supplier-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/jun/27/former-greens-candidate-may-lose-sight-after-being-arrested-in-sydney-protest-at-alleged-israel-technology-supplier-ntwnfb</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/JSDu0#selection-1359.0-1434.0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/JSDu0#selection-135</span><span class="invisible">9.0-1434.0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExcessiveUseOfForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveUseOfForce</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FailureToComply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToComply</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bureaucracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLawsAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLawsAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingFreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VictoriaAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaAustralia</span></a>’s draconian new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtest</span></a> laws will have a chilling effect on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> — and won’t keep anyone safe</p><p>Far-reaching anti-protest measures and giving police more repressive powers only serve to increase the risk of escalating violence.</p><p>by Sarah Schwartz, Jul 9, 2025</p><p>"In response to the weekend’s attack on the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has announced she will forge ahead with new anti-protest measures and more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> powers.</p><p>"In doing so, she is following what has become the new normal for state governments across the country: using acts of racism and violence as a pretext to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClampDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClampDown</span></a> on unrelated democratic rights.</p><p>"Taking to the streets in peaceful protest is one of the main ways for people to come together and express our political views when our representatives aren’t listening to us. But this right is not without limits. Every person has a right to worship in safety. The attack on East Melbourne Synagogue was not a protest; it was an act of antisemitism. The suspect has been apprehended and charged with a multitude of criminal offences.</p><p>"Two other incidents over the weekend, the targeting of a business with ties to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a US-backed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> organisation linked to the massacres of unarmed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> seeking aid — and a weapons company with links to the Israeli military, are also being referred to as justifying new laws. It is important not to conflate these actions against Israel with an attack against a Jewish place of worship. International human rights law, as well as our current laws, already place limits on protests that involve intimidation and violence.</p><p>"So what is actually being proposed in response? The Allan government is suggesting the creation of a new criminal offence for wearing a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FaceCovering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FaceCovering</span></a> at peaceful protests, banning 'dangerous attachment devices' (e.g. a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chain</span></a>, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BikeLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeLock</span></a>) — which have long been used in non-violent civil disobedience — and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/criminalising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminalising</span></a> peaceful protests around places of religious worship. </p><p>"The ban on face coverings would be a first in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>. It would mirror measures used in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> states that force people to submit themselves to various forms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StateSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateSurveillance</span></a>.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VictoriaPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaPolice</span></a> has been using facial recognition software for years without any regulatory or legislative framework to prevent breaches of privacy. This technology, combined with a ban on face coverings at protests, would essentially amount to an obligation on behalf of individuals to submit to surveillance by the state, corporations and other groups that surveil protesters.</p><p>"Unless you’re a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiningCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiningCompany</span></a> spending hundreds of millions buying politicians’ favour or can wine and dine decision-makers, peaceful protest is one of the main ways for people to hold governments and corporations to account. Protests for the eight-hour workday, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNationsRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNationsRights</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiWar</span></a> movement have led to significant improvements in all of our lives.<br>Know something?</p><p>"Many people attending protests wear face coverings to protect their privacy and anonymity. For temporary migrants, the consequences of identification can include visa cancellation and detention. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> groups, abusers of gender-based violence and other political groups have all been documented as engaging in doxing, surveillance and retaliatory violence against people identified at peaceful protests.</p><p>"Even with exemptions, a ban would mean that people who wear facemasks for reasons of health, disability status, or religious or cultural reasons would be at risk of police targeting and made to justify their use of a face mask.</p><p>"Adding new repressive police powers against peaceful protesters only serves to increase the risk of escalating violence at already heightened public demonstrations. People will not stop taking to the streets on issues they care about, even if the state tries to stifle their voices. Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s deployment of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> in response to protests in LA shows us how deploying more state force at protests increases rather than decreases the risk of violence. </p><p>"A ban on protests outside or within a certain proximity to places of worship would mean police could arrest those engaging in peaceful protests for a genuine, non-discriminatory purpose — for example, protests by survivors of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClergySexualAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClergySexualAbuse</span></a> or by congregants against the political activities of their own religious institutions.</p><p>"It would also have the unintended consequence of rendering large areas of the state no-go zones for peaceful protest, due to the high number of places of worship. Similar laws in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> are already being challenged for their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/unconstitutionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutionality</span></a>.</p><p>"Taken together, this suite of laws, which would provide police with extraordinary powers against people peacefully raising their voices against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a>, would have a chilling effect, deterring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarginalisedGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarginalisedGroups</span></a> from attending protests and exercising their rights to freedom of expression, which the Victorian government has sought to protect.</p><p>"Ultimately, banning face coverings at peaceful protests and banning protests outside places of worship would not have done anything to prevent what occurred over the weekend. Premier Allan knows this. Yet she is stuck in the same reactive law-and-order merry-go-round that saw NSW Premier Chris Minns enact fear-based, repressive anti-protest measures in response to what we now know was an opportunistic criminal conspiracy.</p><p>"Encouraging people to express their political views peacefully is the antidote to non-peaceful forms of protest and is something that all governments should be encouraging and facilitating. At times like this, we should be able to trust our politicians not to fuel division and panic through misguided and knee-jerk responses, but to take measures to address the root causes of racism and hatred."</p><p><a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/09/victoria-anti-protest-laws-police-powers-jacinta-allan-miznon-east-melbourne-synagogue/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">crikey.com.au/2025/07/09/victo</span><span class="invisible">ria-anti-protest-laws-police-powers-jacinta-allan-miznon-east-melbourne-synagogue/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestLawsAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestLawsAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingFreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Three <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> recently passed in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/?location=&amp;status=enacted&amp;issue=&amp;date=6&amp;type=legislative" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/?</span><span class="invisible">location=&amp;status=enacted&amp;issue=&amp;date=6&amp;type=legislative</span></a></p><p>Arizona<br>HB 2880: Banning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/encampments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encampments</span></a> on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/campus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campus</span></a></p><p>Bars protest encampments on the campuses of state colleges and universities. Under the new law, individuals or groups that establish an “encampment” are no longer lawfully present on campus for the purpose of speech protections under Arizona law; they are criminally liable to prosecution for trespass; and they are liable for any damage they cause, including the "direct and indirect costs" of removing the encampment and "restoring" campus. The new law defines “encampment” as “temporary shelter” installed on campus and used to stay overnight or “for a prolonged period of time.” The law requires colleges and universities to order individuals to dismantle and vacate any encampment; if the individuals refuse to comply, the institution is required to take disciplinary action and report the individuals to local law enforcement for trespassing. The sponsor of the new law said that it was motivated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestine</span></a> protests on college campuses.<br>Full bill text:<br><a href="https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83353" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/Bill</span><span class="invisible">Overview/83353</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 12 Feb 2025; Approved by House 3 March 2025; Approved by Senate 30 April 2025; Signed by Governor Hobbs 7 May 2025</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CampusProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CampusProtests</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trespass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trespass</span></a>, Camping</p><p>Kentucky<br>HB 399: New penalties for protesters at the capitol</p><p>Creates serious new criminal offenses that can cover <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtesters</span></a> at the state capitol, as well as anyone who “conspires” with or otherwise supports them. The first new offense applies to someone who enters the capitol, or impedes access to the capitol by a legislator or legislative staff, with intent to disrupt or impede legislative business—regardless of whether legislative business was in fact “impeded.” “Conspir[ing]” to engage in such conduct or “facilitat[ing]” another person to engage in the conduct is subject to the same penalties as actually engaging in it. It is a Class B misdemeanor (punishable by up to 3 months in jail) for a first incident, and a Class A misdemeanor (up to one year in jail) for subsequent incident. The law creates a second, more serious offense for someone who engages in “disorderly or disruptive conduct” inside the Capitol with intent to disrupt or impede legislative business, if their conduct in fact “disrupts” or “impedes” the legislature’s business—even momentarily. As written, the offense could cover a demonstrator who shouts a single chant during a legislative hearing. “Conspir[ing]” to engage in such conduct or “facilitat[ing]” another person to engage in the conduct is subject to the same penalties as actually engaging in it. The offense would be a Class A misdemeanor (punishable by up to one year in jail) for the first incident, and a Class D felony (up to 5 years in prison) for third and subsequent incident. Prior to passing the bill, lawmakers added an amendment which provides that the law will not be construed "to prohibit... [a]ssembly in traditional public forums, including but not limited to the Capitol rotunda and outdoor areas of the Capitol grounds." While helpful, the amendment does not immunize all peaceful protest activity that the law could potentially punish, including protest organizing. When he vetoed the bill (later overridden), Governor Beshear noted the risks it poses to lawful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> activity.<br>Full bill text:<br><a href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25rs/hb399.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apps.legislature.ky.gov/record</span><span class="invisible">/25rs/hb399.html</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 6 Feb 2025; Approved by House 7 March 2025; Approved by Senate 13 March 2025; Vetoed by Governor Beshear 25 March 2025; Veto overridden 27 March 2025</p><p>Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Police Response<br> </p><p>Texas<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SB2972" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SB2972</span></a>: New restrictions on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CampusProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CampusProtests</span></a></p><p>Requires public colleges and universities to adopt new limitations on campus protests that among other things would ban protest encampments, limit protesters’ ability to wear a mask, and restrict vigils and other demonstrations at night. Under the law—which revises Texas’s 2019 law on campus speech—all public colleges and universities in the state must have policies that among other things prohibit: a) erecting tents or otherwise “camping” on campus; b) wearing a mask or other disguise while engaging in “expressive activities” on campus with certain intent, including intent to “intimidate others;” c) engaging in “expressive activities” between 10pm and 8am; d) engaging in “expressive activities” in the last two weeks of a school term by inviting speakers or using sound amplification or drums; and e) using sound amplification while engaging in “expressive activities” during class hours if it “intimidate[s] others.” Preexisting provisions of the law define “expressive activities” broadly as “any speech or expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment,” including but not limited to assemblies, protests, speeches, carrying signs, or distributing written material. As such, colleges and universities would seemingly be required to ban all kinds of expression between 10pm and 8am, from conversations in the dining hall to someone sending a text or wearing expressive clothing. The law repeals a provision in the 2019 law that established all common outdoor areas of campus as traditional public forums where anyone could engage in First Amendment activity, and replaced it with a provision authorizing the governing boards of schools to designate select areas as public forums. <br>Full bill text: <a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&amp;Bill=SB2972" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/H</span><span class="invisible">istory.aspx?LegSess=89R&amp;Bill=SB2972</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 14 Mar 2025; Approved by Senate 14 May 2025; Approved by House 28 May 2025; Signed by Governor Abbott 20 June 2025</p><p>Issue(s): Campus Protests, Face Covering, Camping </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TexasProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TexasProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KentuckyProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KentuckyProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClothingBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClothingBans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CollegeCampusProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollegeCampusProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaskBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskBans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EncampmentBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EncampmentBans</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Arrests made in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ParliamentSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParliamentSquare</span></a> as pro-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalestineAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineAction</span></a> protests held across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p><p>Dozens of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> assembled in central <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> on Saturday afternoon </p><p>Sami Quadri, Megan Howe, July 19, 2025</p><p>"Fifty-five people have been arrested for displaying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/placards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>placards</span></a> in support of proscribed group Palestine Action, Met Police has said.</p><p>"Demonstrations are taking place in cities including London, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Manchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Manchester</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Edinburgh</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bristol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bristol</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Truro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Truro</span></a> after the group was officially proscribed as a terrorist organisation two weeks ago.</p><p>"Dozens of protesters assembled in Parliament Square on Saturday afternoon holding white placards that read: 'I oppose <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>, I support Palestine Action.'</p><p>"Some demonstrators were led away in handcuffs, while others were carried off by officers. In a post on X, the Metropolitan Police said: 'Officers have moved in and arrests are taking place.'</p><p>"Police said the 55 people arrested were arrested under Section 13 of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TerrorismAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerrorismAct</span></a> 2000.</p><p>"The Met had previously said around 70 people were arrested at similar protests in Parliament Square over the past two weekends.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendOurJuries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendOurJuries</span></a>, the group coordinating the campaign, claims a total of 120 people have now been arrested across the UK.</p><p>"The force warned that anyone expressing support for Palestine Action was likely to be arrested, adding that officers were also monitoring for chants such as 'death to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a>', led by punk-rap duo <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BobVylan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BobVylan</span></a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlastonburyFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlastonburyFestival</span></a>.</p><p>"The ban, under the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TerrorismAct2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerrorismAct2000</span></a>, makes it a criminal offence to be a member of or show support for the group — with a maximum sentence of up to 14 years in prison. Wearing a badge or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TShirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TShirt</span></a> bearing the group’s name now carries a potential six-month jail term.</p><p>"Palestine Action co-founder <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HudaAmmori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HudaAmmori</span></a> is seeking to challenge the ban, with a hearing to determine whether a judicial review can proceed set to take place at the High Court on Monday." </p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/arrests-made-in-parliament-square-palestine-action-protests-uk-b1239025.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">standard.co.uk/news/london/arr</span><span class="invisible">ests-made-in-parliament-square-palestine-action-protests-uk-b1239025.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnglandPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnglandPol</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingFreeSpeech</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalists</span></a> among at least 13 arrested during <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>-related protest in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CincinnatiOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CincinnatiOH</span></a></p><p>Police in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CovingtonKY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CovingtonKY</span></a>, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse.</p><p>By John Seewer | The Associated Press</p><p>"Police in Cincinnati arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, after demonstrators protesting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> of a former hospital chaplain blocked a two-lane bridge carrying traffic over the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OhioRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OhioRiver</span></a>.</p><p>"A reporter and a photography intern who were arrested while covering the protest for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CityBeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CityBeat</span></a>, a Cincinnati news and entertainment outlet, were among those arraigned Friday morning in a Kentucky court.</p><p>"Other journalists reporting on protests around the U.S. have been have arrested and injured this year. More than two dozen were hurt or roughed up while covering protests against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationRaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationRaids</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a>.</p><p>"A Spanish-language journalist was arrested in June while covering a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> protest near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlantaGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtlantaGA</span></a>. Police initially charged Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador, with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnlawfulAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnlawfulAssembly</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruction</span></a> of police and being a pedestrian on or along the roadway.</p><p>"A prosecutor dropped the charges, but Guevara had already been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being held in a south Georgia immigration <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DetentionCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DetentionCenter</span></a>. His lawyers say he has been authorized to work and remain in the country, but <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> is trying to deport him.</p><p>"Video from the demonstration in Cincinnati Thursday night shows several tense moments, including when an officer punches a protester several times as police wrestle him to the ground.</p><p>"Earlier, a black SUV drove slowly onto the Roebling Bridge while protesters walked along the roadway that connects Cincinnati with Kentucky. Another video shows a person in a neon-colored vest pushing against the SUV.</p><p>"Police in Covington, Kentucky, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse. The department said in a statement that officers who initially attempted to talk with the protest's organizer were threatened and met with hostility.</p><p>"Among the charges filed against those arrested were rioting, failing to disperse, obstructing emergency responders, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.</p><p>"Reporter Madeline Fening and photo intern Lucas Griffith were charged with felony rioting and several other charges, said Ashley Moor, the editor in chief of CityBeat.</p><p>"A judge on Friday set a $2,500 bond for each of those arrested.</p><p>"The arrests happened during a protest in support of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AymanSoliman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AymanSoliman</span></a>, an Egyptian immigrant who worked as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He was detained last week after he showed up for a routine check-in with ICE officials at their office near Cincinnati.</p><p>"Protesters met in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday in support of Soliman, then walked across the bridge carrying a banner that read '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildBridgesNotWalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildBridgesNotWalls</span></a>.'</p><p>"Covington police said that 'while the department supports the public’s right to peaceful assembly and expression, threatening officers and blocking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a>, such as a major bridge, presents a danger to all involved.' " </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/journalists-others-arrested-immigration-related-protest-cincinnati/3793302/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcchicago.com/news/national-i</span><span class="invisible">nternational/journalists-others-arrested-immigration-related-protest-cincinnati/3793302/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingJournalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingFreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingFreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestLawsKentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestLawsKentucky</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>WTF!!! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> Tells <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> That Common <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’<br> <br>DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/skateboarding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skateboarding</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/livestreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livestreaming</span></a> as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.</p><p>By Dell Cameron, Jul 10, 202</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity</span></a> is urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a> or livestreaming a police encounter, WIRED has learned.</p><p>"WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Act requests [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FOIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOIA</span></a>]. Please consider subscribing to support our journalism.</p><p>"Threat bulletins issued during last month’s '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a>' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> warn that the US government’s aggressive immigration raids are almost certain to accelerate domestic unrest, with DHS saying there’s a 'high likeliness' more Americans will soon turn against the agency, which could trigger <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/confrontations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>confrontations</span></a> near federal sites.</p><p>"Blaming intense media coverage and backlash to the US military deployment in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a>, DHS expects the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/demonstrations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demonstrations</span></a> to 'continue and grow across the nation' as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> focused on other issues shift to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>, following a broad 'embracement of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiICE</span></a> messaging.'</p><p>"The bulletins—first obtained by the national security nonprofit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PropertyOfThePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PropertyOfThePeople</span></a> through public records requests—warn that officers could face assaults with fireworks and improvised weapons: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/paint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paint</span></a>-filled fire extinguishers, smoke grenades, and projectiles like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bottles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bottles</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rocks</span></a>.</p><p>"At the same time, the guidance urges officers to consider a range of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> behavior and common <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestGear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestGear</span></a>—like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/masks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>masks</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flashlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashlights</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cameras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cameras</span></a>—as potential precursors to violence, telling officers to prepare 'from the point of view of an adversary.'</p><p>"Protesters on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bicycles</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/skateboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skateboards</span></a>, or even 'on foot' are framed as potential 'scouts' conducting reconnaissance or searching for 'items to be used as weapons.' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Livestreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Livestreaming</span></a> is listed alongside '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/doxxing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doxxing</span></a>' as a 'tactic' for 'threatening' police. Online posters are cast as ideological <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/recruiters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recruiters</span></a>—or as participants in 'surveillance sharing.'</p><p>"One list of 'violent tactics' shared by the Los Angeles–based Joint Regional Intelligence Center—part of a post-9/11 fusion network—includes both protesters’ attempts to avoid identification and efforts to identify police. The memo also alleges that face recognition, normally a tool of law enforcement, was used against officers.</p><p>"Vera Eidelman, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>], says the government has no business treating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/constitutionally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitutionally</span></a> protected activities—like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/observing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>observing</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/documenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documenting</span></a> police—as threats.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> did not respond to a request for comment."<br> <br>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/dhs-tells-poli</span><span class="invisible">ce-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protestors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orwell</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrother</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DoublePlusUngood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoublePlusUngood</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaziPatrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaziPatrol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NineteenEightyFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NineteenEightyFour</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> arrested after blocking traffic to call for end of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> war</p><p>Maine Public | By Patty Wight<br>Published May 21, 2025</p><p>"Portland police arrested more than a dozen [18, I heard] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a> Wednesday afternoon as they staged a so-called '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DieIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DieIn</span></a>' to protest the ongoing war in Gaza and the lack of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanitarianAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanitarianAid</span></a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a>.</p><p>"The demonstrators were part of a larger group that blocked a four-way intersection on Commercial Street for roughly an hour. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KristenSalvatore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KristenSalvatore</span></a> was among those arrested after refusing to leave the street despite several warnings from police.</p><p>" 'Well nothing else seems to be working. We have to draw attention to this issue. People are going about their lives as if nothing is happening, as if their taxes aren't paying to blow up children and destroy Gaza,' Salvatore said.</p><p>"Abby Fuller of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineCoalitionForPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineCoalitionForPalestine</span></a> said the effort is intended '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisruptBusinessAs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisruptBusinessAs</span></a> Usual.'</p><p>" 'To make sure that powerful people who can make a difference and change policies know that we are not willing to let business go on as usual. And we plan on staying in the street as long as we can and up until arrest,' she said.</p><p>"On Thursday, more than a dozen <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mainers</span></a> will go on a 40-day <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HungerStrike</span></a>. They hope it will keep attention on Gaza and lead to congressional action.</p><p>"This week, leaders from the U.K., France and Canada issued a joint statement calling on the Israeli government to end its military operations in Gaza."</p><p><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/maine/2025-05-21/portland-protesters-block-traffic-plan-hunger-strike-to-call-for-end-of-israel-gaza-war" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mainepublic.org/maine/2025-05-</span><span class="invisible">21/portland-protesters-block-traffic-plan-hunger-strike-to-call-for-end-of-israel-gaza-war</span></a> <br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a></p><p>Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlabamaLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlabamaLaw</span></a> limiting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> near homes passes despite <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> concerns: ‘We might go too far’</p><p>Updated: Apr. 02, 2025 </p><p>"Alabama state Sen. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArthurOrr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArthurOrr</span></a>’s, R-Decatur, bill seeking to limit where and when protests could be organized passed a Senate Committee on Wednesday.</p><p>"The Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government voted to pass the legislation despite concerns from Democratic lawmakers. </p><p>"Orr has attempted to pass similar legislation for several years but has been unsuccessful so far.</p><p>"The bill, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SB247" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SB247</span></a>, states that it would 'prohibit a person from picketing or protesting at or near the residence of any individual with the intent to harass, intimidate, or disturb during the period starting 30 minutes after sunset and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.'</p><p>"This prohibition would also apply if an individual used artificial noise amplification, blocked a public road, or blocked the entrance and exit of a residential area or place of employment.</p><p>"Orr defended the bill saying it would meet constitutional standards and that individuals should find public places to protest outside of neighborhoods."</p><p><a href="https://www.al.com/politics/2025/04/proposed-alabama-law-limiting-protests-near-homes-passes-despite-first-amendment-concerns-we-might-go-too-far.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">al.com/politics/2025/04/propos</span><span class="invisible">ed-alabama-law-limiting-protests-near-homes-passes-despite-first-amendment-concerns-we-might-go-too-far.html</span></a> </p><p>Full text of bill [pdf]:<br><a href="https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB247-int.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alison.legislature.state.al.us</span><span class="invisible">/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB247-int.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> </p><p>AB 426: New penalties for protests near gas and oil pipelines</p><p>Creates new potential penalties for protests near oil and gas <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a> and other property of "energy providers." The law expands existing provisions related to trespass and property damage to broadly include the property of all companies in the oil and gas industry. Under the law, trespass onto the property of any "company that operates a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a>, petroleum, refined <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>petroleum</span></a> product, renewable fuel, water, or chemical generation, storage, transportation, or delivery system" is a Class H felony, punishable by six years in prison and a fine of $10,000. Accordingly, protests in a range of locations may be covered, whether on land containing a pipeline or the corporate headquarters of an oil company. Any damage to property of such a company, with the intent to "cause substantial interruption or impairment of any service or good" provided by the company, is likewise a Class H felony under the law.</p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab426" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/</span><span class="invisible">proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab426</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 12 Sep 2019; Approved by Assembly 11 October 2019; Approved by Senate 5 November 2019; Signed by Governor Evers on 21 November 2019</p><p>Issue(s): Infrastructure, Trespass</p><p>AB 88: BROAD NEW DEFINITION OF "RIOT" and related felony offenses and civil liability</p><p>Would broadly define "riot" under Wisconsin law and create <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vague</span></a> new felony offenses as well as expansive civil liability that could cover <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtest</span></a> activity. The bill defines a “riot” as a “public disturbance” involving an act of violence or the threat of violence by someone in a gathering of 3 or more people. No actual damage or injury need take place for a gathering to become a “riot,” only a “clear and present danger” of damage or injury. As such, a large street protest where a single participant threatens to push somebody could be deemed a "riot," with no actual violence or property damage being committed by anyone. The bill creates a Class I felony offense—punishable by up to 3.5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine—for anyone who intentionally incites another “to commit a ‘riot.’” The bill defines “incite” as “to urge, promote, organize, encourage, or instigate other persons.” As drafted, the incitement offense is not limited to urging actual violence against people or property, but could seemingly cover any expression of support for demonstrators in a crowd that had been deemed a “riot.” The bill also creates a Class H felony—punishable by up to 6 years in prison and $10,000—for someone who intentionally "commits an act of violence” (not defined) while part of a “riot.” Finally, the bill makes civilly liable protesters who allegedly commit a “riot” or “vandalism” offense, as well as any person or organization that provides “material support or resources” intending that they be used to engage in such conduct. Civil liability would apply regardless of whether anyone was criminally charged or convicted of “riot” or “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vandalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vandalism</span></a>.” The bill’s definition of “material support” is similar to the broad federal law definition of material support for terrorism, and includes funding as well as “communications” and “training.” As such, the civil liability provisions could make individuals and groups even indirectly involved in organizing or otherwise supporting protests vulnerable to lawsuits and extensive monetary damages.</p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab88" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/</span><span class="invisible">proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab88</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 28 Feb 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): Civil Liability, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSupporters</span></a> or Funders, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Riot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Riot</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestVirginia</span></a> - Part 2<br> <br>HB 3135: New penalties for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> who block <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/streets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>streets</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sidewalks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sidewalks</span></a></p><p>Would create new penalties for protesters who block streets, sidewalks, and other public passageways. Under the bill, someone who obstructs a highway, street, sidewalk or “other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or conveyances,” whether alone or with others, commits a misdemeanor, punishable by at least $500 and one month in jail. A second or subsequent offense would be a felony, punishable by at least $1,000 and at least three months and up to three years in prison. The bill defines “obstruct” to include conduct that makes passage “unreasonably inconvenient.” As such, protesters on a sidewalk who were deemed to have made it “unreasonably inconvenient” for pedestrians to pass could face jail terms. A substantially similar bill was introduced as HB 5446 in 2024.</p><p>Full bill text:<br><a href="https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=3135&amp;year=2025&amp;sessiontype=RS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/</span><span class="invisible">bills_history.cfm?INPUT=3135&amp;year=2025&amp;sessiontype=RS</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 4 Mar 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): Traffic Interference<br> </p><p>HB 2757: Potential "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a>" charges for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonviolentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonviolentProtesters</span></a></p><p>Would create several new, sweeping “terrorism” offenses that could cover nonviolent protesters. One new offense, “terrorist violent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassAction</span></a>,” is defined to include “violent protests” and “riots” that “appear intended” to coerce or intimidate groups, governments, or societies. The bill provides that participation in a “terrorist violent mass action” constitutes an “terrorist act,” and any entity that uses such actions “to advance its agenda” is a “terrorist group.” “Violent protest” is not defined in the bill or elsewhere in the law, nor does the bill require that a person individually commit any act of violence or property damage to be culpable of “terrorist violent mass action.” As such, someone who peacefully participates in a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> but <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rowdy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rowdy</span></a> protest where a few individuals commit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PropertyDamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PropertyDamage</span></a> could conceivably face “terrorism” charges. Likewise, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonprofitGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonprofitGroup</span></a> involved in organizing or supporting such a protest “to advance its agenda” could be deemed a “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TerroristOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerroristOrganization</span></a>” under the bill. Individuals and organizations not directly involved in such a protest could also face felony “terrorism” charges for providing protesters with “material support”—broadly defined by the bill as “any property, tangible or intangible, or service.” The bill also creates a new felony “terrorism” offense for “actions… taken for political reasons to bar other persons from exercising their freedom of movement, via foot or any other conveyance.” As written, that could cover a large, peaceful march that even temporarily stops traffic. Meanwhile, the bill provides complete immunity for people who “injure perpetrators or supporters of perpetrators” while attempting to “escape” such “terrorism.” This provision would seem to eliminate consequences for acts of violence against protesters by people whose movement has been blocked by a protest, including drivers who hit protesters with their cars. The bill also creates new felony “threatening terrorism” offenses for a person or group that "for political reasons blockades property containing critical infrastructure,” or that “trespasses for political reasons onto property containing critical infrastructure.” As such, nonviolent protesters who block a road to a pipeline or enter onto pipeline property could face “threatening terrorism” charges, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. A nearly identical bill was proposed in 2024 (HB 4994) and 2023 (HB 2916).<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=2757&amp;year=2025&amp;sessiontype=RS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/</span><span class="invisible">bills_history.cfm?INPUT=2757&amp;year=2025&amp;sessiontype=RS</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 21 Feb 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSupporters</span></a> or Funders, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DriverImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DriverImmunity</span></a>, Infrastructure, Riot, Terrorism, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a>, Trespass</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestVirginia</span></a> - part 1 <br> <br>HB 5091: Heightened penalties for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a> and other infrastructure</p><p>Increases the penalties and broaden offenses that could cover nonviolent protesters near pipelines and other infrastructure. The law amends West Virginia’s 2020 critical infrastructure law to remove the limitation that the law’s offenses could only occur on critical infrastructure property “if completely enclosed by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously designed to exclude intruders, or if clearly marked with a sign or signs that.. indicate that entry is forbidden.” As a result, many more infrastructure sites are covered by the 2020 law’s trespass and tampering offenses, which carry significant penalties. The law also makes convictions for second and subsequent offenses of either the trespassing or tampering offenses a felony punishable by at least 2 and up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $10,000-$15,000. The law increases the fine for a person who “vandalizes, defaces, or tampers with” equipment in a critical infrastructure facility that causes damage of more than $2,500, from $1,000-$5,000 to $3,000-$10,000. (As introduced, the bill made second convictions punishable by a minimum of 5 years and a fine of $100,000-$250,000, and increased the fine for tampering or vandalizing from $1,000-$5,000 to $25,000-$100,000.)<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=5091&amp;year=2024&amp;sessiontype=RS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/</span><span class="invisible">bills_history.cfm?INPUT=5091&amp;year=2024&amp;sessiontype=RS</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 25 Jan 2024; Approved by House 6 February 2024; Approved by Senate 4 March 2024; Signed by Governor Justice 26 March 2024</p><p>Issue(s): Infrastructure, Trespass<br> </p><p>HB 4615: New penalties for protests near gas and oil pipelines</p><p>Heightens potential penalties for protests near oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructure. Under the law, knowingly trespassing on property containing a critical infrastructure facility is punishable by a year in jail and a $500 fine. Criminal trespass on critical infrastructure property with intent to "vandalize, deface, tamper with equipment, or impede or inhibit operations" of the facility is a felony punishable by up to three years in prison and a $1,000 fine. Actually vandalizing, defacing, or tampering with the facility--regardless of actual damage--is a felony punishable by 5 years in prison and a $2,000 fine. An individual convicted of any of the offenses, and any entity that "compensates, provides consideration to or remunerates" a person for committing the offenses, is also civilly liable for any damage sustained. An organization or person found to have "conspired" to commit any of the offenses--regardless of whether they were committed--is subject to a criminal fine. The law newly defines "critical infrastructure facility" under West Virginia law to include a range of oil, gas, electric, water, telecommunications, and railroad facilities that are fenced off or posted with signs indicating that entry is prohibited.<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=4615&amp;year=2020&amp;sessiontype=RS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/</span><span class="invisible">bills_history.cfm?INPUT=4615&amp;year=2020&amp;sessiontype=RS</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 30 Jan 2020; Approved by House 13 February 2020; Approved by Senate 7 March 2020; Signed by Governor Justice 25 March 2020</p><p>Issue(s): Civil Liability, Protest Supporters or Funders, Infrastructure, Trespass<br> </p><p>HB 4618: Eliminating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceLiability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceLiability</span></a> for deaths while dispersing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/riots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riots</span></a> and unlawful assemblies</p><p>Reaffirms West Virginia's problematic law on rioting, and adds the West Virginia Capitol Police to those authorities who cannot be held liable for the deaths and wounding of individuals in the course of dispersing riots and unlawful assemblies. Under prior West Virginia law, the State Police, sheriffs, and mayors had authority to use means such as curfews and warrantless searches to disperse riots and unlawful assemblies; the law reaffirms and extends this authority to the Capitol Police. According to the law, if a bystander is asked to assist in the dispersal and fails to do so, he or she "shall be deemed a rioter." The law also adds Capitol Police to existing provisions eliminating liability if anyone present, "as spectator or otherwise, be killed or wounded," while the authorities used "any means" to disperse riots or unlawful assemblies or arrest those involved. The law was passed during a statewide strike by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginiaTeachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestVirginiaTeachers</span></a>, thousands of whom protested in February 2018 at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StateCapitol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapitol</span></a>. </p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=4618&amp;year=2018&amp;sessiontype=RS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/</span><span class="invisible">bills_history.cfm?INPUT=4618&amp;year=2018&amp;sessiontype=RS</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 13 Feb 2018; Approved by House 22 February 2018; Approved by Senate 8 March 2018; Signed by Governor Justice 10 March 2018</p><p>Issue(s): Police Response, Riot</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeachersStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeachersStrike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> </p><p>HB 1323: New penalties for participants and organizers of highway <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a></p><p>Would create steep new penalties for people who organize or participate in protests that block certain public roads. The bill would create a new offense of “obstructing highways,” a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail, for anyone in a group of four or more people who “intentionally obstructs” a "state highway" by walking, standing, or sitting in a way that unlawfully “blocks” cars’ ability to pass. ("State highways" in Washington include two-lane roads with stop signs and stoplights.) The bill would also create a felony offense, punishable by up to five years in prison and at least $5,000, for any person to be a “leader or organizer” of a group that engage in “obstructing highways.” Notably, the felony offense does not require that a “leader or organizer” themselves obstruct traffic, or intend or know that the group will obstruct traffic; nor is “leader or organizer” defined. As such, the felony offense would seemingly cover someone who participates in planning or facilitating in any way a protest where some individuals end up demonstrating on a state highway and even momentarily blocking traffic. For either offense, the bill additionally imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of 60 days in jail and a $6,125 fine for any individual who has previously been convicted of other offenses including “disorderly conduct,” “failure to disperse,” “or similar criminal behavior.” </p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1323&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=false" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?Bi</span><span class="invisible">llNumber=1323&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=false</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 16 Jan 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> </p><p>SB 173: Criminal penalties for protests that disturb legislative or other government meetings</p><p>Creates new potential penalties for individuals protesting convenings of the legislature or other meetings of government officials. The law expands "disorderly conduct" to include a person who recklessly causes public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm by making "unreasonable noises" at an official meeting or in a private place that can be heard at an official meeting. "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisorderlyConduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisorderlyConduct</span></a>" also includes obstructing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PedestrianTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PedestrianTraffic</span></a> at an official meeting or refusing to leave an official meeting when asked by law enforcement. The law also increases the penalty for disorderly conduct, such that it is punishable by a $750 fine on the first offense (an infraction), up to 3 months in jail if a person was warned to cease prohibited conduct (Class C misdemeanor), up to 6 months for a second offense (Class B misdemeanor), and up to 1 year for a third offense (Class A misdemeanor). Accordingly, the law could, for example, be used to penalize silent protesters who refuse to leave a legislative committee meeting. An earlier version of the bill explicitly made it unlawful to commit even a "single, loud outburst, absent other disruptive conduct, that does not exceed five seconds in length." </p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0173.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static</span><span class="invisible">/SB0173.html</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 24 Feb 2020; Approved by Senate 5 March 2020; Approved by House 12 March 2020; Signed by Governor 30 March 2020</p><p>HB 370: New Penalties for Protests Near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pipelines</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Roadways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roadways</span></a>, and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastructure</span></a></p><p>**Note: This bill was amended prior to its passage, and provisions that would have covered peaceful protest activity were significantly narrowed.** As introduced, the bill would have created new potential criminal liability for protesters in many locations by criminalizing acts that "inhibit" or "impede" critical infrastructure facilities. The bill's original text had a sweeping definition of "critical infrastructure facility" that included highways, bridges, transportation systems, food distribution systems, law enforcement response systems, financial systems, and energy infrastructure including pipelines--whether under construction or operational. The bill created a new felony offense for "inhibiting," or "impeding" the facility, its equipment, or operation, such that protesters who intentionally inhibited or impeded the operation of a roadway or construction of a pipeline could have faced life in prison. Amendments to the bill substantially narrowed the offense, however. The enacted law criminalizes "substantially... inhibiting or impeding" the operation of critical infrastructure only if doing so "causes widespread injury or damage to persons or property." Amendments also narrowed the definition of "critical infrastructure facility," including by removing highways, bridges, transportation systems, food distribution systems, law enforcement response systems, and financial systems from the definition.<br> <br>Full text here:<br><a href="https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0370.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static</span><span class="invisible">/HB0370.html</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted with improvements</p><p>Introduced 3 Feb 2023; Approved by House 14 February 2023; Approved by Senate 28 February 2023; Signed by Governor Cox 14 March 2023</p><p>Issue(s): Infrastructure, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> </p><p>HB 3557: New criminal and civil penalties for protests around <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a></p><p>Creates new criminal sanctions and expansive civil liability for protests near pipelines and other infrastructure facilities, including those under construction. The law provides for four new criminal offenses. One, "impairing or interrupting operation of critical infrastructure facility," is defined as entering or remaining on facility property and intentionally or knowingly "impair[ing] or interrupt[ing] the operation of" the facility. The act is a state jail felony, punishable by up to two years in jail and a $10,000 fine. This provision could target peaceful protests that, e.g., hinder access to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a> construction sites. A second offense, "intent to impair or interrupt critical infrastructure," is defined as entering or remaining on facility property "with the intent to impair or interrupt the operation of the facility." The act is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a year in jail and a $4,000 fine. This provision could capture peaceful protests that take place near a pipeline or other infrastructure facility, regardless of whether they actually impair or interrupt the facility's operations. The law also creates two new felony offenses for "damage" and "intent to damage" critical infrastructure. Under the law, an association that is found guilty of any of the offenses around critical infrastructure is subject to a $500,000 fine. The law also creates new civil and vicarious liability for individuals and organizations related to the criminal offenses: A defendant who engages in conduct covered by any of the criminal offenses is civilly liable to the property owner, as is an organization that "knowingly compensates" a person for engaging in the conduct. The property owner may sue for and claim actual damages, court costs, and exemplary damages.<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86R&amp;Bill=HB3557" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/H</span><span class="invisible">istory.aspx?LegSess=86R&amp;Bill=HB3557</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 6 Mar 2019; Approved by House 7 May 2019; Approved by Senate 20 May 2019; Signed by Governor Abbott 14 June 2019</p><p>Issue(s): Civil Liability, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSupporters</span></a> or Funders, Infrastructure</p><p>SB 2876: Heightened penalties for protesters who conceal their identity</p><p>Would increase criminal penalties that could cover peaceful protesters who choose to wear a mask. Under the bill, a protesters charged with “riot” would face more serious penalties if they were wearing a mask or other face covering with intent to conceal their identity, as compared to someone without a mask. The offense would be a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and $4,000, instead of a Class B misdemeanor. The crime of “riot” under Texas law is defined broadly and does not require violence or other unlawful conduct: The offense covers a group of seven demonstrators whose conduct “substantially obstructs law enforcement or other governmental function or services,” or whose “physical action deprives any person of a legal right or disturbs any person in the enjoyment of a legal right.” Under the bill, a protester who chose to wear a mask to avoid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> for their political views could face significant jail time if their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonviolentProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonviolentProtest</span></a> was deemed a “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/riot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riot</span></a>.”<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&amp;Bill=SB2876" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/H</span><span class="invisible">istory.aspx?LegSess=89R&amp;Bill=SB2876</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 14 Mar 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): Face Covering, Riot</p><p>HB 3061: Heightened penalties for masked protesters</p><p>Would increase the penalty for protest-related offenses if committed by someone wearing a mask or other disguise to conceal their identity while “congregating with other individuals who were disguised or masked.” Under the bill, the penalty for trespass, “disorderly conduct,” and “riot” would be one degree more severe if committed by a group in which some individuals wore masks. The bill provides an exemption to the penalty enhancement for masks worn during Halloween, a masquerade ball, or “similar celebration,” but not for avoiding retaliation for political speech. “Disorderly conduct” and “riot” are broadly defined under Texas law. Protesters who make “unreasonable noise” in public, for instance, may be charged with “disorderly conduct”; under the bill, such protesters could face significant jail time rather than a fine if they were masked. “Trespass” in Texas also carries significant penalties if committed on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CollegeCampuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollegeCampuses</span></a>, "critical infrastructure," or other select locations, such that peaceful protesters who trespassed on a college campus could face felony rather than misdemeanor penalties if they were masked to avoid retaliation.<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&amp;Bill=HB3061" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/H</span><span class="invisible">istory.aspx?LegSess=89R&amp;Bill=HB3061</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 19 Feb 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): Campus Protests, Face Covering, Infrastructure, Riot, Trespass</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaskedProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedProtesters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiMaskLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiMaskLaws</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> </p><p>SB 2570 / HB 2031: Heightened penalties for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> who block <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/streets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>streets</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highways</span></a></p><p>Significantly increases the penalty for knowingly or recklessly obstructing a street, highway, “or other place used for the passage of vehicles or conveyances.” Instead of a Class A misdemeanor, as provided by prior law, the offense is now a Class D felony punishable by at least 2 and up to 12 years in prison and a $5,000 fine. As written, the law's felony offense can cover protesters who block a street or make passage "unreasonably inconvenient" even if there are no cars on it. The felony offense can also seemingly apply to protesters who block a driveway or alley, even temporarily. The law also creates a new civil cause of action, such that anyone who knowingly or recklessly blocks a street can additionally be sued for civil damages.</p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2570&amp;GA=113" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillI</span><span class="invisible">nfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2570&amp;GA=113</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 23 Jan 2024; Approved by Senate 23 April 2024; Approved by House 23 April 2024; Signed by Governor Lee 9 May 2024</p><p>Issue(s): Civil Liability, Traffic Interference</p><p>SB 451 / HB 881: Mandatory penalties for expanded aggravated riot offense</p><p>Expands the definition of "aggravated riot" and creates new mandatory minimum penalties for that offense. To be convicted of "riot" under Tennessee law, a person only needs to knowingly gather with two or more people whose tumultuous and violent conduct creates "grave danger of substantial damage to property or serious bodily injury to persons or substantially obstructs law enforcement or other governmental function." For instance, one could be held guilty of riot for merely joining a large protest in which there is isolated pushing, even if no one is injured. Under preexisting law, a person could be held liable for aggravated riot if they participated in a riot where someone was injured or substantial property damage occurred, even if the person did not commit any violence nor intended violence to occur. Under the law, a person may also be guilty of aggravated riot if they participated in a riot and either participated in exchange for compensation or "traveled from outside the state with the intent to commit a criminal offense." A "criminal offense" could include, for example, temporarily blocking a street as part of a protest. "Aggravated riot" is a Class E felony, which is punishable by up to 6 years in jail and a fine of $3,000; the law also introduces a mandatory minimum of at least 45 days of imprisonment. </p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0451&amp;GA=112" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillI</span><span class="invisible">nfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0451&amp;GA=112</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 8 Feb 2021; Approved by Senate 11 March 2021; Approved by House 28 April 2021; Signed by Governor 13 May 2021</p><p>Issue(s): Riot</p><p>HB 8005/SB 8005: Heightened Penalties for "Inconvenient" Protests and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestCamps</span></a> on State Property</p><p>The law heightens penalties for certain offenses that could encompass conduct by peaceful protesters. The law heightens existing criminal penalties for blocking a street, sidewalk, or "any other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles or conveyances" from a Class C to a Class A misdemeanor. Accordingly, protesters who obstruct or make it "unreasonably inconvenient" to use a street or sidewalk could face up to one year in jail. The law likewise heightens penalties for the existing offense of "obstructing" or "interfering with" a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering, from a Class B to Class A misdemeanor. Protesters who intentionally "interfere with" a meeting of the legislature or other government officials, including by staging a loud protest, could therefore face up to one year in jail. The law also targets protest encampments on the grounds of the Capitol and other areas by broadening the definition of "camping," and heightening penalties for camping on state property. As such, protesters who use or place any "piece of furniture," shelter, or structure on state property could be charged with a Class E felony, if they continue to do so 24 hours after receiving a warning. The offense would be punishable by up to six years in prison, a fine of $3,000, and restitution for any property damage. The law also amends Tennessee provisions on "riot," (which is defined broadly), including by requiring those convicted of "inciting" or "urging" a riot to pay restitution for any property damage incurred by the offense. When it was introduced, the legislation authorized the Tennessee Attorney General to intervene and prosecute offenses where there has been damage to state property, including those arising in the context of peaceful protests, if the district attorney declined to do so; however those provisions were removed prior to the law's enactment, and replaced with a requirement that district attorneys produce a report on such offenses and how they were dealt with.<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB8005&amp;GA=111" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillI</span><span class="invisible">nfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB8005&amp;GA=111</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 7 Aug 2020; Approved by House and Senate 12 August 2020; Signed by Governor Lee 20 August 2020</p><p>Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Riot, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Camping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Camping</span></a><br> </p><p>SB 264: New penalties for protests near gas and oil pipelines</p><p>Creates new potential penalties for protests and demonstrations that "interrupt" or "interfere with" a pipeline or pipeline construction site. The law makes it a Class E felony for an individual to knowingly "destroy, injure, interrupt or interfere with" a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a>, pipeline facility, or related infrastructure, including if it is under construction. The offense is a Class E felony, punishable by up to six years in prison and a $3,000 fine. As introduced, the law provided that an individual or organization that causes or "aids" damage or interference would likewise be guilty of a Class E felony, however these provisions were amended out prior to the law's passage.</p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0264&amp;GA=111" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillI</span><span class="invisible">nfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0264&amp;GA=111</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 29 Jan 2019; Approved by Senate 18 Feb 2019; Approved by House 30 April 2019; Signed by Governor Lee 10 May 2019</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSupporters</span></a> or Funders, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastructure</span></a><br> </p><p>SB 0902: New penalties for protesters who block traffic</p><p>Imposes a new fine on any person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly obstructs a public highway or street "including in the course of a protest" and in doing so interferes with an emergency vehicle's access to or through the highway or street. "Emergency vehicle" is broadly defined as "any vehicle of a governmental department or public service corporation when responding to an emergency," a police or fire department vehicle, or an ambulance. Unlawful obstruction of a street or highway was already a Class C misdemeanor subject to up to 30 days in jail; the law adds a $200 fine to the penalty. Sponsors made clear that the law was aimed at protests that obstructed highways. </p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://legiscan.com/TN/text/SB0902/2017" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">legiscan.com/TN/text/SB0902/20</span><span class="invisible">17</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 9 Feb 2017; Governor Haslam signed into law 12 April 2017</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a></p><p>SB 672 / HB 729: Felony penalties for blocking traffic or pedestrians</p><p>Would significantly increase the penalty for “obstructing” streets, sidewalks, and other public passageways, such that demonstrators in a variety of public locations could face felony charges. Current Tennessee law prohibits intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly blocking or making passage “unreasonably inconvenient” on public streets, sidewalks, elevators, aisles, or “any other place” used for passage of people or vehicles. Under the bill, that offense would be a Class E felony, punishable by up to six years in prison, rather than a misdemeanor. As such, demonstrators in a protest that made it “unreasonably inconvenient” for someone to use a sidewalk or access a public building could be arrested and charged with a felony. If protesters blocked or impeded passage on a highway, it would be a Class D felony, punishable by up to 12 years in prison.</p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0672" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillI</span><span class="invisible">nfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0672</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 31 Jan 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): Traffic Interference</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SlowMarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlowMarch</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDakota</span></a> </p><p>SB 151: New penalties for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a> and other infrastructure</p><p>Heightens potential penalties for protests near oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructure. Under the law, knowingly trespassing on property containing a critical infrastructure facility is a misdemeanor punishable by a year in prison and a $2,000 fine. Knowingly tampering with any property and as a direct result interfering, inhibiting, or impeding the maintenance or construction of a critical infrastructure facility is a felony punishable by two years in prison and/or a $4,000 fine. A person or organization found to be a "conspirator" in any of the above offenses faces a range of criminal fines. Any owner, lessee, or operator of any critical infrastructure facility where a crime is committed under one of the above provisions is designated a "victim" under South Dakota law, which entitles them to restitution and other victims' rights. As such, a company that owns a critical infrastructure facility can seek restitution from an individual protester convicted of any of the above provisions, as well as from any person or entity found to be a "conspirator." </p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/12001" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill</span><span class="invisible">/12001</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 4 Feb 2020; Approved by Senate 27 February 2020; Approved by House 9 March 2020; Signed by Governor March 18 2020</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSupporters</span></a> or Funders, Infrastructure, Trespass<br> </p><p>HB 1117: New criminal and civil liability for "incitement to riot"</p><p>Revises the state's laws on rioting and replaces a "riot-boosting" law that was passed in 2019 but later blocked by a federal court as unconstitutional. The law revises the definition of "riot" under South Dakota law to be "any intentional use of force or violence by three or more persons, acting together and without authority of law, to cause any injury to any person or any damage to property." Under the law, "incitement to riot" is a new felony offense, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and $10,000 in fines, and defined as conduct that "urges" three or more people to use force or violence to cause personal injury or property damage, if the force or violence is "imminent" and the urging is likely to "incite or produce" the force or violence. The law defines "urging" to include "instigating, inciting, or directing," but excludes "oral or written advocacy of ideas or expression of belief that does not urge" imminent force or violence. Under the law, individuals may additionally be civilly liable for riot and incitement to riot, enabling lawsuits against protesters by the state, counties, or municipalities. Both 2019's "riot-boosting" law and HB 1117 appear to target protests against construction of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeystoneXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeystoneXL</span></a> and other pipelines.<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bills/43" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill</span><span class="invisible">s/43</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 29 Jan 2020; Approved by House 18 February 2020; Approved by Senate 5 March 2020; Signed by Governor Noem 23 March 2020</p><p>Issue(s): Civil Liability, Protest Supporters or Funders, Riot</p><p>SB 189: Expanded civil liability for protesters and protest funders</p><p>**Note: According to an October 24, 2019 settlement agreement that resulted from a constitutional challenge to SB189, the state will not enforce many of the provisions of the law that could be applied to peaceful protesters and organizations that support them.** SB189 created new civil liability for "riot boosters." South Dakota criminal law defines "riot" broadly such that it can cover some forms of peaceful protest; as originally enacted, SB189 created civil liability for a person or organization that "does not personally participate in any riot but directs, advises, encourages, or solicits other persons participating in the riot to acts of force or violence." It was unclear what might have constituted "advice" or "encouragement" to carry out an act of force, such that an individual who shouted encouragement on the sidelines of a disruptive protest, or organizations that provided advice about conducting a peaceful but disruptive protest, might have been implicated. Following the October 24, 2019 settlement, the state will not enforce this provision. Nonetheless, enforceable provisions of the law still establish civil liability for any person or organization that is advised or encouraged by another, and that "makes any threat to use force or violence, if accompanied by immediate power of execution" in a group of three or more persons. The state or a third party may sue the person or organization for extensive civil damages, including punitive damages. Further, enforceable provisions of the law provide that a person or organization is liable for "riot boosting" if they engage in it personally "or through any employee, agent, or subsidiary." Accordingly, individuals, organizations, and funders may still be held civilly liable for substantial amounts of money for any involvement in a disruptive protest. Damages recovered by the state shall, according to the law, be deposited in a "riot boosting recovery fund," which may be used to pay for the state's response to disruptive protests. The law was introduced in response to pipeline protests in other states and ahead of construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in South Dakota. <br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/10176" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill</span><span class="invisible">/10176</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 4 Mar 2019; Approved by Senate 7 March 2019; Approved by House 7 March 2019; Signed by Governor Noem 27 March 2019</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilLiability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiability</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSupporters</span></a> or Funders, Infrastructure, Riot<br> </p><p>SB 176: Expanding governor's power to restrict certain protests</p><p>Expands the governor's authority to curtail protest activities on public lands and restricts protests that interfere with highway traffic. The law enables the governor and sheriff to prohibit gatherings of 20 or more people on public land, if the gathering might damage the land or interfere with the renter's use of the land. The law enables South Dakota's Department of Transportation to prohibit or otherwise restrict an individual or vehicle from stopping, standing, parking, or being present on any highway if it interferes with traffic. The law also expands the crime of trespass, providing that an individual who defies a posted order not to enter a zone where assembling has been prohibited would be guilty of criminal trespass. Obstructing traffic or committing criminal trespass are classified as Class 1 misdemeanors, punishable by one year in jail or a $2,000 fine, or both. The law was proposed by Governor Daugaard to address potential pipeline protests. <br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/284178.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Do</span><span class="invisible">cuments/284178.pdf</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 3 Mar 2017; Signed by Governor Daugaard 14 March 2017</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trespass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trespass</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKXL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterDefenders</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> </p><p>HB 2534: Felony penalties for protesters who impede traffic</p><p>Would expand the definition of “riot” such that the felony offense could cover demonstrators who peacefully protest in the street. Oregon law defines “riot” as engaging in “tumultuous and violent conduct” with a group of five or more other people in a way that “intentionally or recklessly creates a grave risk of causing public alarm.” The offense is a Class C felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and $125,000. The bill would define “tumultuous and violent conduct” to include “imped[ing] traffic,” creating a “traffic hazard,” or “block[ing] the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.” As such, a large sidewalk protest that even momentarily overflowed onto a street in a way that could be considered a “traffic hazard” could be deemed a “riot,” and demonstrators could face felony penalties regardless of whether their conduct was “tumultuous” or “violent.”</p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2534" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz</span><span class="invisible">/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2534</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 13 Jan 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Riot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Riot</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a></p><p>HB 2772: Criminalizing Certain Protests as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DomesticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticTerrorism</span></a></p><p>**Note: This bill was amended prior to its passage and provisions that would have covered peaceful protest activity were significantly narrowed.** As introduced, the bill would have created a sweeping new crime of "domestic terrorism" that would include if a person intentionally attempted to cause "disruption of daily life" that "severely affects the population, infrastructure, environment, or government functioning of this state." Under this definition, a peaceful protest that blocked traffic in a major commercial district could be defined as domestic terrorism, a Class B felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Lawmakers substantially amended the bill prior to its enactment, however rights groups argue that it could still cover certain acts of civil disobedience. Under the enacted law, “domestic terrorism” in the first degree is a Class B felony and includes intentionally destroying or substantially damaging “critical infrastructure,” with the intent to disrupt the services provided by critical infrastructure. Attempting to destroy or substantially damage critical infrastructure is a Class C felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of $125,000. “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a>” is broadly defined to include <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a>.</p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2772" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz</span><span class="invisible">/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2772</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted with improvements</p><p>Introduced 9 Jan 2023; Approved by House 8 June 2023; Approved by Senate 23 June 2023; Signed by Governor Kotek 4 August 2023</p><p>Issue(s): Infrastructure, Terrorism, Traffic Interference</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> </p><p>HB 1674: Penalties for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> who block <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a>, immunity for drivers who hit protesters, and liability for organizations that work with protesters</p><p>**Note: Portions of HB1674 were preliminarily enjoined by a federal district judge on October 27, 2021, temporarily blocking enforcement of the law's 1) penalties for protesters who obstruct traffic, and 2) penalties for organizations that "conspire" with someone who is convicted of certain protest-related offenses.** Creates new penalties for protesters who obstruct traffic while participating in a "riot," and protects drivers who "unintentionally" hit them. Under the law, a person who participated in a "riot" and "obstructed" the "normal use" of a public street or highway, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison, a $5,000 fine, and restitution for any property damage that occurs. The law defines "obstruct" to include rendering the street or highway "unreasonably inconvenient or hazardous" for cars' passage, including by "standing" on the street or highway. "Riot" is broadly defined under existing Oklahoma law, to include a group of three or more people who make "any threat to use force." The new law also shields from liability a driver who injures or kills someone while "fleeing from a riot," as long as they did so "unintentionally," were "exercising due care," and held a "reasonable belief" that they needed to flee to protect themselves. Under the law, such a driver cannot be held civilly or criminally liable for the injuries or death they caused. Finally, the law provides that an organization found to have "conspired" with individuals who are found guilty of certain offenses--including "unlawful assembly," "riot," "incitement to riot," refusing to aid in the arrest of a "rioter," and remaining at the scene of a "riot" after being ordered to disperse--may be fined ten times the maximum amount of fine authorized for the individual's offense.</p><p>Read full text:<br><a href="https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb1674&amp;Session=2100" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.asp</span><span class="invisible">x?Bill=hb1674&amp;Session=2100</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 2 Feb 2021; Approved by House 10 March 2021; Approved by Senate 14 April 2021; Signed by Governor Stitt 21 April 2021</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSupporters</span></a> or Funders, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DriverImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DriverImmunity</span></a>, Riot, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a><br> </p><p>HB 2095: Racketeering penalties for those involved in "unlawful assemblies"</p><p>Adds "unlawful assemblies" to the offenses that can be prosecuted as "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racketeering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racketeering</span></a> activity" under Oklahoma's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RICO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RICO</span></a> statute. As a result, an organization or individual found to have "attempted" or "conspired" with individuals to engage in or encourage a protest that is deemed an "unlawful assembly" can be prosecuted under RICO and subject to felony penalties. Oklahoma law broadly defines "unlawful assembly" to include a group of three or more people who gather without lawful authority in a manner "as is adapted to disturb the public peace." </p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb2095&amp;Session=2200" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.asp</span><span class="invisible">x?Bill=hb2095&amp;Session=2200</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 1 Feb 2021; Approved by House 8 March 2021; Approved by Senate 21 April 2021; Signed by Governor Stitt 28 April 2021</p><p>Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders<br> </p><p>HB 1123: New penalties for protests near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a></p><p>Targets protests around certain public facilities by creating a new criminal offense for trespass onto property containing "critical infrastructure." The law's extensive list of "critical infrastructure" facilities ranges from a petroleum refinery to a telephone pole. Willfully entering onto property containing critical infrastructure without permission is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to $1,000 or six month in jail, or both. Evidence of intent to damage or otherwise harm the operations of the infrastructure facility would make the offence a felony, punishable by at least $10,000 (with no maximum provided) or imprisonment for one year, or both; actual damage or vandalizing of the facility is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. Organizations found to have "conspired" with perpetrators are liable for up to $1,000,000. The sponsor of the law told a House of Representatives committee that it was prompted by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DakotaAccessPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DakotaAccessPipeline</span></a> protests in North Dakota. </p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://legiscan.com/OK/text/HB1123/2017" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">legiscan.com/OK/text/HB1123/20</span><span class="invisible">17</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 6 Feb 2017; Signed into law 3 May 2017</p><p>Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Infrastructure, Trespass<br> </p><p>HB 2128: Heightened penalties for protesters who <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trespass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trespass</span></a> onto private property</p><p>Increases the potential penalties levied on individuals who protest on private property without permission. The law allows prosecutors to hold anyone arrested for or convicted of trespass liable for any damages to personal or real property caused while# trespassing.</p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 6 Feb 2017; Governor Fallin signed into law 15 May 2017</p><p>Issue(s): Trespass</p><p>SB 743: Ban on protests that disturb <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/worshippers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worshippers</span></a></p><p>Would make it a serious criminal offense to protest in a way that disturbs people engaged in religious observation. Under the bill, someone who “willfully disturbs, interrupts, or disquiets” a group of “people met for religious worship” commits a misdemeanor punishable by a year in jail and $500, or a felony punishable by two years in prison and $1,000 for subsequent offenses. As written, the bill would seemingly allow anyone who was the target of a protest—for instance, lawmakers at the statehouse—to make a protest illegal simply by starting to pray. The prohibition extends to any unauthorized “protest [or] demonstration” within one mile of the individuals engaged in religious worship. “Disturb” and “disquiet” are not defined by the bill, such that even a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilentDemonstration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentDemonstration</span></a> that was visible to people engaged in religious worship as far as one mile away could be prohibited. The bill was introduced as a substitute to SB 743 on March 25, 2025. <br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB743&amp;Session=2500" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.asp</span><span class="invisible">x?Bill=SB743&amp;Session=2500</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 25 Mar 2025; Approved by Senate 27 March 2025</p><p>SB 481: Restrictions on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicEmployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicEmployees</span></a>' ability to protest</p><p>Would broadly prohibit public employees from participating in protests during work hours in most situations. Under a committee substitute to the bill introduced on February 25, it would be unlawful for state or local government employees including public school teachers to “speak on or participate in a matter of public concern deemed a matter of larger societal significance” in “an organized form of protest” during their normal working hours. The bill would allow public employees to protest during working hours only if they were using annual leave and if their actions did not create “an undue burden on the employer’s interest in an efficient, disruptive-free workplace”—a vaguely worded condition that employers could abuse to restrict employees' participation in disfavored protests. The bill would also prohibit public employees from using publicly owned computers, transportation, or other equipment for conduct related to participation in protests.</p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=sb481&amp;Session=2500" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.asp</span><span class="invisible">x?Bill=sb481&amp;Session=2500</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 25 Feb 2025.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> </p><p>SB 53: New civil cause of action against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> and supporters</p><p>Would make protesters, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/organizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organizers</span></a>, and funders civilly liable for damage and injury even if they did not personally cause it. Under the bill, someone whose property is damaged or who is injured as the result of a “riot” or “vandalism” offense could sue anyone who engaged in the offense. They could also sue “any person or organization who provided material support or resources with the intent that the material support or resources would be used to perpetuate” the offense. A civil suit under the bill could proceed regardless of whether the defendant was charged or convicted of committing “riot” or “vandalism,” and damages would include repairing the property or injury, as well as providing compensation for emotional distress, court costs, attorney’s fees, and “other reasonable expenses.” Ohio’s definition of “riot” requires only five people engaged in “disorderly conduct” with an unlawful purpose – to commit a misdemeanor, to impede a government function, or “hinder” the “orderly process” of administration or instruction at an educational institution. “Disorderly conduct” is likewise broadly defined as “recklessly caus[ing] inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to another,” through means including “making unreasonable noise” or “hindering” movement of people on streets. As such, if the bill were enacted, participants in noisy or disruptive but nonviolent protests, as well as people and organizations that support them, could face expensive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a>. The bill also bars government officials from limiting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawEnforcement</span></a>'s authority to quell a "riot" or "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vandalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vandalism</span></a>," or to arrest or detain individuals involved in either offense. The same bill was introduced as SB 267 in the 2023-2024 session.</p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/sb53/documents" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">legislature.ohio.gov/legislati</span><span class="invisible">on/136/sb53/documents</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 28 Jan 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): Civil Liability, Protest Supporters or Funders, Police Response, Riot</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RememberKentState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RememberKentState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RiotPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiotPolice</span></a></p>