Amendment H-8082 to HF 2504
Requiring consideration of antisemitism by governmental entities when investigating possible discriminatory acts
Never voted onStrike everything: replaces the whole bill
Filed March 4, 2020 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill with a request to create a study committee to examine hate crimes and hate speech in Iowa. The committee would look into the causes and trends of various forms of hate speech and suggest ways to reduce them.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
- INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE ON HATE CRIMES AND HATE SPEECH IN IOWA.
- The legislative council is requested to establish a study committee for the 2020 interim to examine occurrences of hate crimes and hate speech in this state, including but not limited to acts of racism, bigotry, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other actions based on animus toward a person’s race, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, or disability.
- The study committee shall seek to identify the causes of hate crimes and hate speech in this state, any trends in the rate of occurrence of such acts, and solutions for reducing such occurrences. The study committee shall seek input from affected stakeholders.
- The study committee shall consist of five members of the senate, three of whom shall be appointed by the majority leader of the senate and two of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, and five members of the house of representatives, three of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and two of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.
- The interim committee shall submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by January 11,
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- Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting “An Act requesting an interim study committee on hate crimes and hate speech in Iowa.”