Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, su
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Officially: “Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided” Read the full text
2026 regular session
What it does
This act amends Sections 13A-10-240, 13A-10-241, 13A-10-242, and 16-1-24.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) define “credible threat” as a willful and knowing statement that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her safety or the safety of another; (2) revise the elements of the crime making a terrorist threat in the first and second degrees to include making a credible threat to commit a violent act; (3) increase the penalty for making a terrorist threat in the first degree from a Cla
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Where it is
Enacted (latest official status) · Jan 13, 2026
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Lomax
Recorded votes
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-04-02 · yeas 66, nays 0, abstains 32
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-19 · yeas 29, nays 3, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-19 · yeas 32, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-19 · yeas 29, nays 3, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 85, nays 1, abstains 15
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 87, nays 0, abstains 15
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 88, nays 0, abstains 13
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Alabama legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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