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AZ SB1713

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/2/2022

Primary Sponsor

David Gowan

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules2/2/2022
Judiciary2/2/2022

Full Bill Text

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