Making a Terrorist Threat in the First Degree

(a) A person commits the crime of making a terrorist threat in the first degree when he or she makes a credible threat to commit a violent act against a person or to damage any property by use of a bomb, explosive, weapon of mass destruction, firearm, deadly weapon, dangerous instrument, or other mechanism, and that threat does or is intended to do any of the following: (1) Cause the disruption of a school, church, hospital, nursing home, or other building housing disabled or immobile individuals. (2) Influence any person participating in a governmental function by intimidation or coercion. (b) The crime of making a terrorist threat in the first degree is a Class B felony. (Act 2023-493, §1; Act 2024-229, §1; Act 2026-367, §1.)