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Legislature backs tougher penalties for bomb scares and modernizes law for digital threats
Guam Legislature · January 26, 2026
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Summary
Bill 162-38 was advanced to third reading after lawmakers approved committee amendments that expand locations covered, raise maximum fines (up to $25,000), allow civil remedies for interrupted businesses, and explicitly cover digital means including social media and synthetic media.
Vice Speaker introduced Bill 162-38, a measure to expand and modernize Guam’s terroristic-conduct statute to include bomb scares and related threats made in public places and through modern digital channels. The bill raises penalties, directs fines to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund,…
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