House Bill 188 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Alan Baker Representative

Republican

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

Crimes and offenses; making a terrorist threat in the second degree, elements revised, criminal penalties further provided for

Description

Under existing law, a person commits the crime of making a terrorist threat in the second degree if he or she credibly threatens to commit a crime of violence and there is a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect that the threat will be executed.

Under existing law, the crime of making a terrorist threat in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

This bill would remove the requirement that a threat must be credible and imminent in order to constitute the crime of making a terrorist threat in the second degree.

This bill would also provide that a second or subsequent conviction of the crime of making a terrorist threat in the second degree is a Class D felony.

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Subjects

Crimes & Offenses