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

HB 233 revises the crime of making a terrorist threat in the second degree. It removes the requirement that a threat must be "credible and imminent" to be considered a second-degree terrorist threat. Additionally, the bill increases the penalties for repeat offenders. A second or subsequent conviction for this crime would become a Class D felony, rather than remaining a Class A misdemeanor. These changes broaden the scope of what constitutes a second-degree terrorist threat and imposes stricter punishment for repeat offenses.