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MI SB0502

Bill

Status

Introduced

8/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Sue Shink

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Origin

Senate

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Expands the crime of making a terrorist threat from two to three categories of prohibited conduct
  • Adds requirement that knowingly communicated terrorist threats must be made "knowing that the communication would be viewed as threatening violence"
  • Creates new offense for communicating terrorist threats "with reckless disregard of a substantial risk that the communication would be viewed as threatening violence"
  • Maintains existing penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment and/or $20,000 fine for violations
  • Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law

Legislative Description

Crimes: terrorism; crime of making terrorist threat or false report of terrorism; modify. Amends sec. 543m of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.543m).

Crimes: terrorism

Last Action

Placed On Order Of Third Reading With Substitute (s-1)

2/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Civil Rights, Judiciary, And Public Safety8/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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