MS HB943

Amends Mississippi Code Section 97-7-75 to revise the "Mississippi Terroristic Threats Law"

A person commits terroristic threat by making a threat to commit a crime of violence or cause bodily injury if the threat causes reasonable expectation or fear of imminent offense and the person intends to intimidate/coerce a civilian population or influence government/institution policy through intimidation or coercion

Removes requirement that the threat be made to coerce the victim to "cede to the person's demands"

Not a defense that the defendant lacked intent or capability to actually commit the threatened offense or that the threat was not made to an intended victim

Conviction is a felony punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment; effective July 1, 2020