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IN HB1159
Bill
Status
1/7/2019
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Porter
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AI Summary
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Defines "bias motivated crime" as a crime 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
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Adds bias motivation as a sentencing aggravating circumstance that judges may consider when imposing sentences for any crime
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Requires law enforcement agencies to collect and report bias crime data using the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) format and submit data to the FBI under federal guidelines
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Mandates the Indiana central repository for criminal history information to compile and submit annual bias crime reports to law enforcement agencies and the legislative council
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Effective July 1, 2019; amends IC 10-13-3 and IC 35-38-1-7.1
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 information concerning bias motivated crimes. Makes it an aggravating circumstance that may be considered by a judge when the judge imposes a sentence for a crime if the crime is a bias motivated crime.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/7/2019