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IN HB1320
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Justin Moed
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AI Summary
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Establishes bias motivation as an aggravating circumstance for criminal sentencing when offenses are committed with intent to harm or intimidate based on perceived or actual race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, or ethnicity
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Expands the definition of "bias motivated crime" to include crimes targeting victims based on their association with any recognizable group or affiliation, and applies whether or not the offender's belief about the victim's characteristics was correct
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Requires law enforcement agencies to report bias motivated crime data to the FBI at least twice per year using the national incident based reporting system, in addition to existing state reporting requirements
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Removes the previous requirement that reports distinguish whether bias was the "primary motivation" versus "incidental" to the crime
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Bias motivated 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 because of certain perceived or actual characteristics of the individual. 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
1/14/2019