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IN HB1020
Bill
Status
1/3/2019
Primary Sponsor
Anthony Cook
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AI Summary
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Adds bias-motivated crimes as a sentencing aggravating circumstance when offenses are committed with intent to harm or intimidate based on perceived or actual race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or status as a law enforcement officer or member of armed services
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Requires law enforcement agencies to report hate crimes to the FBI at least twice yearly using the national incident based reporting system, in addition to existing state reporting requirements
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Mandates the law enforcement training board adopt minimum training standards by January 1, 2020 for identifying, responding to, and reporting hate crimes for both academy recruits and in-service officers
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Replaces the existing "bias crime" definition with a broader "hate crime" definition that includes additional protected categories such as gender identity, age, and status as law enforcement or military personnel
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Hate crimes. Makes it an aggravating circumstance (for purposes of imposing a criminal sentence) that the crime was committed with the intent to harm or intimidate an individual or a group of individuals because of certain perceived or actual characteristics of the individual or group of individuals. Requires law enforcement agencies to report hate crimes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Requires the law enforcement training board to adopt, not later than January 1, 2020, minimum standards for training of law enforcement officers regarding: (1) identifying hate crimes; (2) responding to hate crimes; and (3) reporting hate crimes.
Last Action
Representatives Porter and Pryor added as coauthors
1/29/2019