Georgia Code
Article 2 - Offenses Against Public Order
§ 16-11-37. Terroristic Threats and Acts

History. Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 131, § 1; Ga. L. 1892, p. 108, § 1; Ga. L. 1893, p. 130, § 1; Penal Code 1895, §§ 511, 512, 730; Ga. L. 1905, p. 86, § 1; Penal Code 1910, §§ 512, 513, 782; Code 1933, §§ 26-1803, 26-7308, 26-7309; Code 1933, § 26-1307, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1307.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 1022, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 270, § 6; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1094, § 4; Ga. L. 2010, p. 999, § 3/HB 1002; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-26/HB 310; Ga. L. 2016, p. 811, § 2/HB 874.
The 2016 amendment, effective May 3, 2016, rewrote this Code section.
Cross references.
Constitutional guarantee of free speech and press, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. V.
Criminal possession of an explosive device, § 16-7-64 .
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2002, p. 1094, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Transportation Security Act of 2002’.”
Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Act shall apply to sentences entered on or after July 1, 2015.
Law reviews.
For review of 1998 legislation relating to crimes and offenses, see 15 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 80 (1998).
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).
For comment, “State Constitutions as a Check on the New Governors: Using State Free Speech Clauses to Protect Social Media Users from Arbitrary Political Censorship by Social Media Platforms,” see 69 Emory L.J. 111 (2019).

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