Topeka ? Kansas will have a stronger law against stalking under a compromise proposal approved by the House. The 125-0 vote sent the measure to the Senate.

The bill is a response to last year’s slaying of Jodi Sanderholm, a 19-year-old Arkansas City resident.

Prosecutors allege that Justin Thurber, the 24-year-old charged with capital murder in her death, stalked young women for years before Sanderholm’s death. His trial is scheduled to begin June 24, and the state is seeking the death penalty.

Victims’ rights groups and law enforcement officials argue the current law is difficult to enforce. It requires repeated, intentional and malicious harassment. Also, the alleged stalker must make a credible threat creating reasonable fear in another person.

The measure would redefine stalking as intentional or reckless behavior that causes a reasonable person to fear for his safety or the safety of a family member.