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AZ SB1713
Bill
Status
2/2/2022
Primary Sponsor
David Gowan
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 41-1750 to require the Department of Public Safety to collect information on criminal offenses manifesting evidence of prejudice based on anti-semitism, in addition to existing protected categories (race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, and disability).
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Defines "anti-semitism" to include the definition adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, and adopted by the United States Department of State, including contemporary examples identified in that definition.
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Requires law enforcement agencies to provide the Department of Public Safety with information concerning crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on anti-semitism for inclusion in the statewide uniform crime reporting program.
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Updates the definitions section of criminal justice information statutes to formally incorporate anti-semitism as a category for hate crime data collection and reporting purposes.
Legislative Description
Anti-semitism; crime reporting
State Government - Title 41
Last Action
Senate read second time
2/3/2022