THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2486
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the penal code.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 707-715, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§707-715  Terroristic threatening, defined.  A person commits the offense of terroristic threatening if the person threatens, by word or conduct, to cause bodily injury to another person or serious damage or harm to property, including the pets or livestock, of another or to commit a felony:

     (1)  With the intent to terrorize, or in reckless disregard of the risk of terrorizing, another person[;], including the pets or livestock of that person; or

     (2)  With intent to cause, or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Terroristic Threatening; Penal Code

Description:

Clarifies that terroristic threatening includes threats of serious damage to another person's pets or livestock.

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