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IN SB0202
Bill
Status
1/7/2016
Primary Sponsor
Earline Rogers
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AI Summary
Senate Bill 202 - Bias Motivated Crimes
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Defines "bias motivated crime" as an offense where the perpetrator knowingly or intentionally selects a victim or property based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or disability, regardless of whether the perpetrator's belief was correct.
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Requires law enforcement officers to receive training in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias motivated crimes, with mandatory training standards to be adopted by December 31, 2016.
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Mandates law enforcement agencies to collect and report bias motivated crime information to the Indiana central repository at least twice yearly and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in accordance with federal guidelines.
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Makes bias motivated crime a potential aggravating circumstance that judges may consider when imposing sentences for any crime.
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Effective date: July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Bias motivated crimes. Provides that a bias motivated crime is a crime in which the person who commits the crime knowingly or 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 expression, or disability of the individual or a group of individuals, whether or not the person's belief or perception was correct. Requires law enforcement officers to receive training in identifying, responding to, and
Last Action
Senator Glick added as second author
1/19/2016