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IN HB1066
Bill
Status
1/4/2017
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Porter
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AI Summary
HB 1066 Summary
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Expands the definition of "bias motivated crime" to include crimes where the perpetrator knowingly or intentionally selects the 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 agencies to collect bias motivated crime data and submit it to the Indiana central repository using the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) format at least twice yearly.
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Mandates law enforcement agencies submit bias motivated crime data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 534 guidelines.
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Makes bias motivated crimes an aggravating circumstance that judges may consider when imposing sentences, potentially resulting in enhanced penalties.
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Effective July 1, 2017.
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) the 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. Amends the law that requires law enforcement agencies to collect and report
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/4/2017