2022 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 53a - Penal Code
Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses
Section 53a-181f. - Electronic stalking: Class D felony.

(a) A person is guilty of electronic stalking when such person, with the intent to kill, injure, harass or intimidate, uses any interactive computer service or electronic communication service, electronic communication system or electronic monitoring system to place another person under surveillance or otherwise to engage in a course of conduct that: (1) Places such other person in reasonable fear of the death of or serious bodily injury to (A) such person, (B) an immediate family member of such person, or (C) an intimate partner of such person; or (2) causes, attempts to cause or would be reasonably expected to cause substantial emotional distress to a person described in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C) of subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(b) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, (1) “immediate family member” means (A) a spouse, parent, brother or sister or a child of the person or person to whom the person stands in loco parentis, or (B) any person living in the household and related to the person by blood or marriage, and (2) “intimate partner” means a (A) former spouse, (B) person who has a child in common with the person regardless of whether they are or have been married or are living or have lived together at any time, or (C) person in, or who has recently been in, a dating relationship with the person.

(c) Electronic stalking is a class D felony.

(P.A. 15-175, S. 1; P.A. 21-102, S. 8.)

History: P.A. 21-102 substantially modified Subsec. (a) by changing elements of offense and replacing “recklessly” with “with the intent” as the mens rea for the offense, added new Subsec. (b) re definitions and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) re penalty as Subsec. (c) and increased penalty in same from a class B misdemeanor to a class D felony.