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IN HB1203
Bill
Status
1/10/2019
Primary Sponsor
Pat Boy
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AI Summary
- Courts must impose additional prison time for crimes motivated by bias against a victim's actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender identity, military service, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation
- Enhanced sentences add up to 5 years for felonies and up to 3 years for misdemeanors, served in addition to the underlying offense sentence
- Prosecutors must allege bias motivation on a separate page from the main charging document, and courts determine bias crime status at sentencing based on proof beyond a reasonable doubt
- Law enforcement agencies must report bias motivated crimes to the FBI at least twice yearly using the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
- Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Bias motivated crimes. Establishes a sentencing procedure that requires a court, when sentencing an individual who has committed a crime that is motivated by a bias against another individual's actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender identity, military service, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation to impose an additional fixed term of imprisonment not to exceed five years, if the offense is a felony, or three years, if the offense is a misdemeanor. Requires law enforcement agencies to report bias motivated crimes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/10/2019