SB 256

This bill makes it a crime to make a terrorist threat.

Under current law, no person may intentionally convey false information

threatening to destroy property by means of an explosive or threatening to release

a chemical, biological, or radioactive substance. A person who does either of these

is guilty of a Class I felony.

Under this bill, no person may threaten to cause the death of or bodily injury

to any person or threaten to damage any person's property by any means under any

of the following circumstances: 1) the actor intends to prevent the occupation of or

cause the evacuation of a building, dwelling, school premises, vehicle, facility of

public transportation, or place of public assembly or any room within a building,

dwelling, or school premises; 2) the actor intends to cause serious public

inconvenience; 3) the actor intends to cause serious public panic or fear; 4) the actor

intends to cause an interruption or impairment of governmental operations or public

communication, of transportation, or of a supply of water, gas, or other public service;

or 5) the actor creates an unreasonable and substantial risk of causing one of these

occurrences and is aware of that risk.

Under the bill, a person who violates this prohibition is guilty of a Class I felony,

unless the person thereby contributes to the death of any person. In that case, the

person is guilty of a Class G felony.