The Arizona legislature passed a bill making it a misdemeanor to protest within 300' of a funeral or burial service.
http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2011/01/bipartisan-funeral-protest-bill-passed.html
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1101p.pdf
SB 1101, sponsored by Sen. Sinema, was passed in one day with an emergency clause, which makes it effective immediately upon signature of the Governor.
As passed:
1 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
2 Section 1. Title 13, chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended
3 by adding section 13-2930, to read:
4 13-2930. Unlawful protest activities; classification;
5 definition
6 A. A PERSON SHALL NOT PICKET OR ENGAGE IN OTHER PROTEST
7 ACTIVITIES, AND AN ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION SHALL NOT CAUSE PICKETING OR
8 OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES TO OCCUR, WITHIN THREE HUNDRED FEET OF THE PROPERTY
9 LINE OF ANY RESIDENCE, CEMETERY, FUNERAL HOME, CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE OR OTHER
10 ESTABLISHMENT DURING OR WITHIN ONE HOUR BEFORE OR ONE HOUR AFTER THE
11 CONDUCTING OF A FUNERAL OR BURIAL SERVICE AT THAT PLACE.
12 B. A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A CLASS 1
13 MISDEMEANOR.
14 C. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "OTHER PROTEST ACTIVITIES" MEANS
15 ANY ACTION THAT IS DISRUPTIVE OR THAT IS UNDERTAKEN TO DISRUPT OR DISTURB A
16 FUNERAL OR BURIAL SERVICE.
17 Sec. 2. Emergency
18 This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the
19 public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by
20 law.
Passed unanimously and signed by the governor.
-MH