Elected officials on both sides of the aisle have been on the receiving end of threats, which has been ticking up in recent years. And the June 2025 assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark raised questions about the safety of public officials in their homes.

Sen. Al Cutrona (R-Canfield) is sponsoring Senate Bill 327 , also known as the PEACE Act. It stands for Protect Elected Officials Against Coercion and Extremism.

“This legislation ensures that elected officials can serve their constituents without exposing their families to unnecessary risks," Cutrona said in an interview. "You are continuously seeing an uptick in violence, threats and intimidations. And so elected officials need to be able to do their jobs and be able to make tough dec

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