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A bill that would make menacing electronic communications illegal stalled on the Senate floor Monday, because of two words: annoy and offend.

"I'm annoying to people all the time," said Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper.

Ogden's Sen. Jon Greiner, sponsor of SB91, said the measure simply updates a statute to include cell phones, PDAs and other means of electronic communication and would be useful in domestic violence situations where protective orders were in place.

Sen. Greg Bell, R-Fruit Heights argued that people typically do not get prosecuted for annoying and offending words.

"It would criminalize all legislators," Bell said.

- Cathy McKitrick

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