Amendment H-8089 to HF 2504
Requiring consideration of antisemitism by governmental entities when investigating possible discriminatory acts
Ruled not germane · March 5, 2020
Filed March 5, 2020 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment replaces the original bill with a new section that defines hate crimes committed because of a person's religion. It specifies that hate crimes include, but are not limited to, those motivated by antisemitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against evangelical Christians, atheists, agnostics, or any other religious belief.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, by striking lines 4 through 27 and inserting: “Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 729A.2A Hate crime —— religion. For purposes of this chapter, “hate crime” , when committed against a person or a person’s property because of the person’s religion, includes but is not limited to a hate crime motivated by antisemitism, Islamophobia, or discriminatory intent against the religious belief of evangelical Christians, atheists, agnostics, or a person with any other religious belief.”
- Page 1, by striking lines 29 and 30 and inserting “Act concerning hate crimes committed based on a person’s religion.”