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ID H0665

Bill

Official Source

Status

Passed

3/23/2018

Primary Sponsor

Ways and Means Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Idaho Code Section 18-3302I to revise provisions on threatening violence on school grounds involving firearms or other deadly or dangerous weapons
  • Removes language requiring prosecution to prove the defendant intended to actually carry out the threat
  • Makes it a felony for any person, including a student, to knowingly possess a firearm or other deadly or dangerous weapon, or to make, alter, or repair such a weapon in furtherance of carrying out a threat of violence on school grounds
  • Maintains misdemeanor penalty for willfully threatening by word, electronic means, or act to use a firearm or other deadly or dangerous weapon on school grounds
  • Declares an emergency, making the act effective immediately upon passage and approval

Legislative Description

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding threatening school violence and to provide that certain acts shall be a felony.

SCHOOLS

Last Action

Reported Signed by Governor on March 23, 2018 Session Law Chapter 240 Effective: 03/23/2018

3/23/2018

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Rules3/12/2018

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