- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- +4
- Latest action
- Oct 11, 2025
What it does
Existing law makes it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat that, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby reasonably causes the threatened person to be in sustained fear for their own safety or the safety of their immediate family, as defined. Under existing law, this crime is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for no more than one…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Where it goes next
It is law in California. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.