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IN SB0333
Bill
AI Summary
SB 333 Summary
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Requires law enforcement officers to complete mandatory training by December 31, 2017, on identifying, responding to, and reporting bias-motivated crimes based on race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity.
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Establishes a civil cause of action allowing victims of bias-motivated crimes to sue offenders for actual damages, compensatory damages, emotional distress, punitive damages, court costs, and attorney's fees.
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Creates parental liability for damages if a minor child commits a bias-motivated crime and lives with the parent or guardian who has custody.
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Imposes an additional fixed prison sentence of up to 5 years on individuals convicted of crimes motivated by bias against a victim's protected characteristics, imposed at sentencing upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Becomes effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Bias crimes. Requires law enforcement officers to receive training in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias motivated crimes in which the person who committed a criminal offense selected the victim who was injured or whose property was damaged because of the individual's actual or perceived race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity. Allows an individual who suffers a personal injury or property damage because of a criminal offense or delinquent act to bring a civil action to recover damages, including punitive damages, if the person who committed the criminal offense or delinquent act that
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
1/9/2017