HB85 Summary

• Increases the penalty for making a terrorist threat in the first degree from a Class C felony to a Class B felony.

• Increases the penalty for making a terrorist threat in the second degree from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony.

• Requires school principals to sign a complaint when student conduct warrants criminal charges and mandates immediate suspension for a minimum of one year for students charged with either terrorist threat crime.

• Establishes readmission conditions for suspended students including completion of court-prescribed psychiatric or psychological evaluation and counseling at parental expense, plus satisfaction of local board requirements.

• Requires courts to order students and parents to pay restitution to law enforcement, emergency medical services, and school boards for costs incurred relating to the terrorist threat crime, with expulsion from school upon adjudication or conviction.

• Becomes effective July 1, 2025.