Indiana House Bill 1131 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Bias motivated crimes. 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 actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity, military service, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation 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. Requires law enforcement agencies to report bias motivated crimes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Bias motivated crimes.

Rep. Pat Boy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2021-01-07	House	Authored by Representative Boy

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1131/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/d/6/9/2d6918d0/HB1131.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/8/9/6/c896396e/HB1131.01.INTR.FN001.pdf