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IN SB0263
Bill
AI Summary
SB 263 Summary
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Defines "bias motivated crime" as 15 specific offenses (battery, robbery, arson, theft, stalking, etc.) committed with intentional selection of victim or property based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, or disability.
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Enhances criminal penalties by one felony level for any crime classified as bias motivated, making crimes more serious offenses during prosecution.
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Requires law enforcement officers to receive mandatory training in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias motivated crimes by December 31, 2016.
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Allows victims of bias motivated crimes to bring civil actions seeking actual damages, compensatory damages, emotional distress damages, punitive damages, court costs, attorney's fees, and injunctive relief.
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Amends reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies to collect and submit bias motivated crime data to the Indiana central repository and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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 expression, or disability of the individual, another individual, or a group of individuals, whether
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law
1/7/2016