Threats of death or bodily injury to a person or member of his family, etc.; penalty.
Summary
Threats of death or bodily injury or discharge of a firearm on school property; penalties. Clarifies that for crimes involving communicating in writing a threat to kill or do bodily injury, regardless of whether the person who is the object of such threat actually receives such threat, an electronically transmitted communication producing a visual or electronic message includes an email, a text message, or a message or post on any social media platform. The bill also clarifies that any person who communicates an oral threat of discharging a firearm within or on school property, at any school-sponsored event, or on a school bus and the threat would place the person who is the object of the threat, or is included in the threat, in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily harm is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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Senator Perry, Russet Substitute
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MINOR
The document changed from a draft Senate substitute bill to its final enacted version, indicating the legislation has been approved by the General Assembly. The substantive legal text of the bill regarding threats of death or bodily injury appears to remain unchanged, with the only modifications being the addition of official chapter numbers and approval dates.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; the text of the law itself was not modified.
TECHNICAL
Added official chapter number (Chapter 588) and approval date (March 24, 2025) to mark the bill as enacted law.
Removed draft metadata including session year, bill status labels, and the identifier for the Senate substitute version.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 30, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2025
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 30, 2025
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
53
Key actions
13
Committee
9
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 588 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1271ER)
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
House requested conference committee
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Russet Perry
DDemocratic
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