California SB19 makes threatening to commit a crime at schools or places of worship a crime.
California SB19, also known as the Safe Schools and Places of Worship Act, adds 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 at a daycare, school, university, workplace, house of worship, or medical facility. The threat must be specific and cause 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.
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