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IN SB0271
Bill
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Senate Bill No. 271 Summary
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Requires law enforcement officers to receive training by December 31, 2018, in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias-motivated crimes based on actual or perceived race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity.
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Establishes civil liability allowing victims of bias-motivated crimes to bring lawsuits against offenders to recover actual, compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages, plus court costs and attorney's fees.
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Creates criminal sentencing enhancement providing courts may impose additional fixed terms of imprisonment of up to 5 years for felonies or 3 years for misdemeanors when crimes are motivated by bias.
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Makes parents or guardians liable for damages awarded under this chapter if their child is a bias-motivated offender and lives with them.
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Effective July 1, 2018, with civil action provisions applying only to causes of action accruing after June 30, 2018.
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
1/4/2018