Louisiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana HB137: CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Changes sentencing guidelines for posting or calling in threats to schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Status: Signed into law, June 2, 2026
What the bill says
An act To amend and reenact R.S. 14:40.1(A)(1), R.S. 15:951(E), and Children's Code Article 897.1(D) through (G) and to enact R.S. 14:40.1(A)(3) and (B)(3), 92.2(A)(2)(g) and (h), R.S. 17:416.20.1 and 3996(B)(92), and Children's Code Article 897.1(H) and (I), relative to the crimes of terrorizing and menacing; to provide for penalties when the communication is directed toward a school; to provide relative to offenders under the age of eighteen; to require school dissemination of certain information; to provide relative to disposition after adjudication of certain felony-grade delinquent acts…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 14:40.1(A)(1), R.S. 15:951(E), and Children's Code Article 897.1(D) through (G) and to enact R.S. 14:40.1(A)(3) and (B)(3), 92.2(A)(2)(g) and (h), R.S. 17:416.20.1 and 3996(B)(92), and Children's Code Article 897.1(H) and (I), relative to the crimes of terrorizing and menacing; to provide for penalties when the communication is directed toward a school; to provide relative to offenders under the age of eighteen; to require school dissemination of certain information; to provide relative to disposition after adjudication of certain felony-grade delinquent acts; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: Section 1. R.S. 14:40.1(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 14:40.1(A)(3) and (B)(3) and 92.2(A)(2)(g) and (h) are hereby enacted to read as follows: §40.1. Terrorizing; menacing A.(1) Terrorizing is the intentional communication of information that the commission of a crime of violence, as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), is imminent or in progress or that a circumstance dangerous to human life exists or is about to exist, with the intent of causing members of the general public to be in sustained fear for their safety; or causing evacuation of a building, a public structure, or a facility of transportation; or causing other serious disruption to the general public. * * * Page 1 of CODING: Words in struck …