Bill Text: CA AB1064 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Hate crimes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1064 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1064-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 14, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Low |
February 15, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 422.55 of the Penal Code is amended to read:422.55.
For purposes of this title, and for purposes of all other state law unless an explicit provision of law or the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following shall apply:(c)(1)A “bias against” means a preexisting negative attitude toward actual or perceived
characteristics of a person. Depending on the circumstances of each case, bias motivation may include, but is not limited to, hatred, animosity, resentment, revulsion, contempt, unreasonable fear, paranoia, callousness, thrill-seeking, desire for social dominance, desire for social bonding with those of one’s “own kind,” or a perception of the vulnerability of the victim due to the victim being perceived as being weak, worthless, or fair game because of a protected characteristic, including, but not limited to, the characteristics in subdivision (a).
(2)Evidence of bias against a characteristic of a person may be determined by the actions of the person who committed a crime that include, but are not be limited to, instances in which the person:
(A)Used a slur based on the actual or perceived characteristic.
(B)Vandalized property using words or symbols commonly associated with a hate group or that show bias motivation based on the actual or perceived characteristic.
(C)Selectively targeted victims based on the actual or perceived characteristic.
(D)Posted on social media or other media blaming persons with an actual or perceived characteristic for a societal problem, including, but not limited to, causing illness, crime, or economic harm.
SEC. 2.
Section 422.56 of the Penal Code is amended to read:422.56.
For purposes of this title, the following definitions shall apply:(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)