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House Bill 188 Alabama 2026 Session

Updated Jan 29, 2026

Summary

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.

Subjects
Crimes & Offenses

Bill Actions

S

Pending Senate Judiciary

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary

H

Engrossed

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 309

H

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 308 I37QCZW-1

H

Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered I37QCZW-1

H

Third Reading in House of Origin

H

Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

H

Reported Out of Committee House of Origin from House Judiciary I37QCZW-1

H

Pending House Judiciary

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary

Calendar

Hearing

House Judiciary Hearing

Room 200 at 13:30:00

Hearing

House Judiciary Hearing

Room 200 at 13:30:00

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 309

February 5, 2026 House Passed
Yes 82
No 10
Abstained 11
Absent 1

Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 308 I37QCZW-1

February 5, 2026 House Passed
Yes 93
No 4
Abstained 6
Absent 1

Third Reading in House of Origin

February 5, 2026 House Passed
Yes 92
No 6
Abstained 5
Absent 1

HBIR: Passed by House of Origin

February 5, 2026 House Passed
Yes 92
No 6
Abstained 5
Absent 1

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature