Bill > HB188

This bill revises the definitions and penalties for making terrorist threats in Alabama, specifically focusing on "terrorist threat in the second degree." It clarifies what constitutes a "threat" by requiring the statement to be made with the intent to cause fear or harm and communicated to another person, removing the previous requirement for the threat to be credible, imminent, and specific enough to cause sustained fear. The bill also reclassifies a second or subsequent conviction for making a terrorist threat in the second degree from a misdemeanor to a Class D felony, while a first offense remains a Class A misdemeanor. Additionally, it amends the definition of a "threat" for first-degree terrorist threats to include making a statement to harm a person or property, communicating it to another person, and having the threatened harm be credible and imminent, with the statement being unequivocal, immediate, and specific enough to convey a purpose and immediate prospect of execution, causing reasonable fear.

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