Excerpt from Capital Public Radio

The legislature this session also approved SB 19, which would make it a misdemeanor or felony to threaten violence against schools, workplaces, daycares, houses of worship, or medical facilities, even if the threat does not name a specific individual.

“You can say ‘I’m going to shoot the school tomorrow,’ but because they didn’t say ‘I’m going to shoot this specific person,’ we have DAs that are struggling because they didn’t name the person, so that’s the loophole we’re trying to close,” bill author Senator Susan Rubio said.

The measure comes after recent school violence, including the shooting death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus. It now awaits the governor’s signature.

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