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FL S0194
Bill
Status
Failed
4/30/2021
Primary Sponsor
Criminal Justice
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AI Summary
- Expands Florida's hate crime penalty enhancement law to include prejudice based on gender and gender identity as grounds for reclassifying felonies and misdemeanors to the next higher offense category
- Clarifies that penalty reclassification applies when a crime is motivated in whole or in part by prejudice based on race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, homeless status, advanced age, gender, or gender identity
- Defines "gender identity" as a person's gender-related identity, appearance, or behavior, regardless of whether it differs from that traditionally associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth
- Replaces the term "mental or physical disability" with "disability," redefined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, and broadens the statute's language from protecting "the victim" to "any person"
- Requires the Governor, through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, to also collect and disseminate data on hate crime incidents involving prejudice based on gender, gender identity, and disability, effective July 1, 2021
Legislative Description
Crimes Evidencing Prejudice
Last Action
Died in Appropriations
4/30/2021
Committee Referrals
Appropriations2/18/2021
Criminal Justice12/15/2020
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