IN SB0180 | 2015 | Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill 180 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-06 - First Reading: referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law
Pending: Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Bias motivated offenses. Provides that a bias motivated crime is an offense in which the person who committed the offense intentionally: (1) selected the person who was injured; or (2) damaged or otherwise affected property; by the offense because of the actual or perceived color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity of the injured person or of the owner or occupant of the affected property. Enhances the penalties for the following offenses one level if the offense is a bias motivated crime: (1) Battery. (2) Aggravated battery. (3) Strangulation. (4) Kidnapping. (5) Criminal confinement.

Title

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-06	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law
2015-01-06	Senate	Authored by Senator Taylor

Indiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/180/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/2/9/e/829e7f0e/SB0180.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/a/3/e/fa3e4c08/HB1198.01.INTR.pdf