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IN HB1330
Bill
Status
1/13/2015
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Porter
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AI Summary
HB 1330 Summary
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Defines "bias motivated crime" as 15 specified offenses (battery, robbery, arson, theft, harassment, stalking, etc.) when the offender intentionally selects the victim or property based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability.
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Enhances criminal penalties by one felony level when a crime qualifies as bias motivated (e.g., battery becomes Class A misdemeanor instead of Class B misdemeanor).
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Requires law enforcement officers to receive mandatory training in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias motivated crimes by December 31, 2015.
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Allows victims of bias motivated crimes to bring civil lawsuits for actual damages, punitive damages, court costs, attorney's fees, and injunctive relief, independent of any criminal prosecution.
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Effective July 1, 2015; applies to causes of action accruing after June 30, 2015.
Legislative Description
Bias motivated crimes. Defines "bias motivated crime" as the crime of battery, aggravated battery, strangulation, kidnapping, criminal confinement, robbery, arson, criminal mischief, burglary, residential entry, criminal trespass, theft, criminal conversion, intimidation, harassment, or stalking if the person who commits the crime intentionally selects: (1) an individual against whom the crime was committed; or (2) any property damaged or otherwise affected by the crime; in whole or in part because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability of the individual, another individual, or a group of individuals, whether or not
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/13/2015