IN-SB180-2015

Indiana · SB 180 · 2015

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.

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IN-SB180-2015
State
Indiana
Session
2015
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introduced
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S.B. 180, 119th Gen. Assemb., 1st Reg. Sess. (Ind. 2015), http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/180/.
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Ind. S.B. 180.
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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; o…

Curator notes

included training re: bias motivated crimes re: sexual orientation and gender identity, but then all text of bill was completely replaced

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1 sponsor
NamePartyOfficeDistrictRole
Greg TaylorDemocraticSenatorSD-033Primary sponsor

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