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2001 SESSION

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HB 197 Threats in writing or by electronic means.

Introduced by: Beverly J. Sherwood | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Oral or written threats to commit acts of violence on school property; penalty. Rewrites threats statute to provide that it is a Class 6 felony to knowingly communicate a written threat to kill or do bodily injury to a person regarding that person or a member of his family if the threat places the person in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily injury to himself or his family member. A written threat to kill or do bodily harm on school property or at a school event is a Class 6 felony regardless of whether the person who is the object of the threat actually receives the threat if it would place the person in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily harm. An oral threat to kill or do bodily injury on school property or at a school-sponsored event is a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill is identical to SB 847 (Couric).


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