Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding threatening school violence and to provide that certain acts shall be a felony.
SCHOOLS -- Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding threatening school violence and to provide that certain acts shall be a felony.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This legislation will update the current statute to provide for a misdemeanor charge to willful threats of violence directed at schools, school activity venues, school buses, school staff and/or school students, regardless of the point of origin, and delivered by any means of communication. This legislation further provides for charging of a felony if a person is found in possession of dangerous weapons, and defined in the section, in the furtherance of carrying out threat and after first having made such a threat. This legislation contains an emergency clause.
HOW THEY VOTED
Senate Third Reading
YEA (32)
NAY (1)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (2)
LATEST ACTION
Reported Signed by Governor on March 23, 2018 Session Law Chapter 240 Effective: 03/23/2018
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2018
- Chamber
- house
- Status date
- Mar 23, 2018