Indiana House Bill 1209 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-14 - 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. Provides that a bias motivated crime is a crime in which the person who commits the crime knowingly or intentionally selects: (1) the individual against whom the crime was committed; or (2) any property damaged or otherwise affected by the crime; in whole or in part because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or disability of the individual or a group of individuals, whether or not the person's belief or perception was correct. Amends the law that requires law enforcement agencies to collect and report information concerning bias motivated crimes.

Bias motivated crimes.

Rep. Gregory Porter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2021-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Porter

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1209/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/f/7/6/9f764ec4/HB1209.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/d/d/a/3ddaa491/HB1209.01.INTR.FN001.pdf