Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama HB7: Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided
Status: Signed into law, April 8, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Sections 13A-10-240, 13A-10-241, 13A-10-242, and 16-1-24.1, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the definition of a "credible threat"; to revise the elements of and provide further for the penalties for the crime of making a terrorist threat in the first and second degrees; to require a public school principal to immediately notify law enforcement if the conduct of the student warrants the charge of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree…
From the enrolled text:
An Act, Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Sections 13A-10-240, 13A-10-241, 13A-10-242, and 16-1-24.1, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the definition of a "credible threat"; to revise the elements of and provide further for the penalties for the crime of making a terrorist threat in the first and second degrees; to require a public school principal to immediately notify law enforcement if the conduct of the student warrants the charge of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree; to specifically provide that being charged with either crime is a reason for which a student shall immediately be suspended for a minimum of one year; to provide further for the conditions of readmittance; to provide for restitution upon a finding of guilt; and to add Section 13A-10-243 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to require any person found guilty of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree to make restitution. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Sections 13A-10-240, 13A-10-241, 13A-10-242, and 16-1-24.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: "§13A-10-240 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CREDIBLE THREAT. A knowing and willful statement or course of conduct which, based on the totality of the circumstances, would …