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Committee approves bill to criminalize 'knowing' mass-violence threats beyond schools
Summary
House Bill 13,014, amended to require a "knowing" terroristic threat standard, was sent to full judiciary. Department of Safety and Homeland Security witnesses told the committee the measure would help address threats originating in other states and juvenile cases.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 13,014, as amended, to full judiciary after adopting language that raises the culpability threshold from "recklessly" to "knowingly." The committee recorded the disposition as 5 ayes, 0 nays and 1 present not voting.
Sponsor Leader Cochran told the committee the bill creates an offense for "persons who make those terroristic threats, with the intent to intimidate, or coerce the population." He said the change to a "knowing" standard was deliberate: "We wanna make sure that we are capturing the correct people, right? That it's…
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