AB 70

This bill makes it a Class I felony to urge, promote, organize, encourage, or

instigate others to commit a riot and a Class H felony to intentionally commit an act

of violence while participating in a riot.

The bill defines a “riot” as a public disturbance that involves an act of violence,

as part of an assembly of at least three persons, that constitutes a clear and present

danger of property damage or personal injury or a threat of an act of violence, as part

of an assembly of at least three persons having the ability of immediate execution of

the threat, if the threatened action constitutes a clear and present danger of property

damage or personal injury.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report.