A. Every act of terrorism is a felony. B. A person convicted of terrorism shall be guilty of a Class A3 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding life. C. A person who kills another person or who causes the death of another person in the commission of an act of terrorism shall be guilty of murder in the first degree, a Class Y felony offense. D. A person convicted of biochemical terrorism shall be guilty of a Class B1 felony offense and shall be ordered, in addition to the punishment imposed for the act of terrorism, to reimburse the cost of any emergency personnel, equipment, supplies, and other
expenses incurred by the state and any political subdivision as a result of responding to such act of terrorism. E. The punishment for terrorism shall be in addition to any penalty imposed for any individual offense or offenses involved in the act or acts of terrorism. Added by Laws 2002, c. 477, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 154, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.