Georgia Senate Bill 316 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-09 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to enact the "Georgia Enhanced Penalties for Hate Crimes Act"; to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for sentencing of defendants who commit certain crimes which target a victim because of the victim's race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or ethnicity; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment; to amend Code Section 15-11-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions for the Juvenile Code; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

"Georgia Enhanced Penalties for Hate Crimes Act"; enact

Sen. Lester Jackson [D]	Sen. Emanuel Jones [D]	Sen. Tonya Anderson [D]	Sen. Donzella James [D]
Sen. Michael Rhett [D]	Sen. Nan Orrock [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-09	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2018-01-08	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/51978
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/170945