Bill Title: Bias motivated crimes. Makes it an aggravating circumstance (for purposes of imposing a criminal sentence) that the crime was committed with the intent to harm or intimidate an individual because of certain perceived or actual characteristics of the individual. Requires law enforcement agencies to report bias motivated crimes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Senator Ruckelshaus added as second author [SB0438 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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