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IN HB1371
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Chris Campbell
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AI Summary
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Courts must impose additional prison time for crimes motivated by bias against a victim's perceived or actual age, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status
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Additional sentences capped at 5 years for felonies and 3 years for misdemeanors, to be served on top of the underlying offense's sentence
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Bias motivation must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt at sentencing, with the allegation filed on a separate page from the main charging document
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Law enforcement agencies required to report bias-motivated crimes to the FBI at least twice yearly using the national incident-based reporting system
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Expands Indiana's existing bias crime definition to include age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, and veteran status as protected categories
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 perceived or actual age, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status, 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
1/14/2019