HF3837 Summary

• Commissioner of Human Rights must solicit, receive, and compile reports from community organizations, school districts, and individuals regarding crimes believed to be motivated by victim's race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, public assistance status, familial status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

• Criminal damage to property motivated by bias charges expanded to include damage of any value if committed because of or motivated to intimidate based on victim's protected characteristics, with property damage aggregable within six-month periods.

• Peace officers must report all crimes to department heads if officer has reason to believe or victim alleges offense was motivated by victim's actual or perceived race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation, using standardized reporting forms with specific required information.

• Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training must update bias crime training course every three years and develop a model policy by July 1, 2021 for all state and local law enforcement agencies to adopt by November 1, 2021.

• General fund appropriations in fiscal year 2021 provided to Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training and Commissioner of Human Rights to update training materials and develop model policies.