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IN SB0469
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Greg Taylor
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AI Summary
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Creates civil cause of action allowing victims of bias-motivated crimes to sue offenders for actual, compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages, plus attorney's fees and court costs
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Protected characteristics include actual or perceived race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity
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Establishes criminal sentence enhancements of up to 5 additional years for felonies and up to 3 additional years for misdemeanors when offenses are motivated by bias against protected characteristics
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Holds parents or guardians liable for damages when a minor child living in their custody commits a bias-motivated offense
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Applies to causes of action accruing after June 30, 2019, with effective date of July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Bias crimes. Allows an individual who suffers a personal injury or property damage because of a criminal offense or delinquent act to bring a civil action to recover damages, including punitive damages, if the person who committed the criminal offense or delinquent act that caused the injury or property damage selected the individual because of the individual's actual or perceived race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity. 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 race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity, 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.
Last Action
Senator Stoops added as coauthor
1/31/2019