California AB237 would criminalize threats to commit crimes causing death or injury at specific locations.

California AB237 would add a new section to the Penal Code, making it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person or persons at a daycare, school, university, workplace, house of worship, or medical facility. The threat must be unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific, causing sustained fear for safety. The crime is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year or by imprisonment in state prison for 16 months or 2 or 3 years.

California AB237 would criminalize threats to commit crimes causing death or injury at specific locations.

California AB237 would add a new section to the Penal Code, making it a crime to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person or persons at a daycare, school, university, workplace, house of worship, or medical facility. The threat must be unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific, causing sustained fear for safety. The crime is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year or by imprisonment in state prison for 16 months or 2 or 3 years.