Bill Text: CA AB57 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Law enforcement: hate crimes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 691, Statutes of 2021. [AB57 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB57-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
February 25, 2021 |
Introduced by Assembly (Principal coauthor: Senator Min) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan, Bloom, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Holden, Levine, Nazarian, Quirk, Ting, and Ward) (Coauthors: Senators Allen, Glazer, Stern, and Wiener) |
December 07, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law defines “hate crime” as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of actual or perceived characteristics of the victim, including, among other things, race, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. Existing law provides punishments for hate crimes that range from misdemeanors with specified penalties to felonies, depending on the underlying criminal act and other circumstances.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to respond to the increase in hate crimes by, among other things, strengthening requirements for law enforcement training and education regarding hate crimes and enhancing statutory prohibitions against online hate and harassment.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all the following:SEC. 2.
Section 13016 is added to the Penal Code, to read:13016.
The Department of Justice shall, in consultation with subject matter experts, including civil rights organizations, do the following:SEC. 3.
Section 13519.6 of the Penal Code is amended to read:13519.6.
(a) The commission shall develop guidelines and a course of instruction and training for law enforcement officers who are employed as peace officers, or who are not yet employed as a peace officer but are enrolled in a training academy for law enforcement officers, addressing hate crimes. “Hate crimes,” for purposes of this section, has the same meaning as in Section 422.55.(e)
(f)The additional training requirements imposed under this section by legislation adopted in 2004 shall be implemented by July 1, 2007.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to respond to the increase in hate crimes by, among other means, doing all of the following:
(a)Strengthening requirements for law enforcement training and education regarding hate crimes.
(b)Improving the collection and reporting of data related to hate crimes.
(c)Enhancing statutory prohibitions against online hate and harassment, including against members of vulnerable communities.