2021 House Bill 5245

Clarify definition of “terrorism threat”

Introduced in the House

July 1, 2021

Introduced by Rep. John Reilly (R-46)

To revise details of a 2002 law that criminalized making a terrorist threat to clarify the definition of “threat.” The bill would replace “threatens to commit an act of terrorism and communicates it,” to “.knowingly, intentionally and recklessly makes a statement that would intimidate, frighten, or coerce a victim into undertaking or refraining from undertaking an action,” as specified in the bill.

Referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security