Bill Title: Bias crimes. Makes it an aggravating circumstance (for purposes of imposing a criminal sentence) that a crime was committed with bias and with the intent to harm or intimidate: (1) an individual; (2) a group of individuals; (3) the property of an individual; or (4) the property of a group of individuals; because of the individual's or the group's real or perceived characteristic, trait, belief, practice, association, or other attribute the court chooses to consider.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-17 - Representative Goodin added as coauthor [HB1093 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Gregory Steuerwald [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Wendy McNamara [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-076	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ryan Hatfield [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Terry Goodin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-066	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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