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Relating to hate crimes, and providing penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Under current law, hate crimes only apply to a few specific offenses like assault or trespassing. This bill expands that definition to include any public offense committed because of a person's race, religion, sex, or other protected characteristics. If someone commits a crime based on these traits, they would face a higher level of punishment.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to hate crimes and provides penalties.8(3)(4). The bill provides that “hate crime” means any public offense when committed against a person or a person’s property because of the person’s race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability, or the person’s association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability. A hate crime shall be classified and punished as an offense one degree higher than the underlying offense. The bill makes conforming Code changes.
Iowa Code it changes
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