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Bills › 89th General Assembly

HF 614Died when the session ended · February 18, 2021

Modifying the elements defining hate crimes, and providing penalties

Topics:Courts & civil lawCrime & corrections

Same legislation: HF 120

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Also covers HF 120.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committee
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 New rules would expand the definition of hate crimes to include certain crimes against people or property based on their gender identity or expression. This change affects how the law treats people who commit assault, criminal mischief, or trespass because of someone's gender identity. The bill also provides specific definitions for what "gender identity" and "gender expression" mean.1

Read the official explanation

This bill includes additional, alternative elements defining the various offenses labeled as hate crimes.8(3) and (4)) committed against a person or a person’s property because of the person’s gender identity or gender expression or because of the person’s association with a person of a certain gender identity or gender expression. The bill provides definitions of “gender identity” and “gender expression”.2C ranges from a serious misdemeanor to a class “D” felony depending on the circumstances of the offense. 6A is reclassified and punished as an offense one degree higher than the underlying offense.8(4) is an aggravated misdemeanor.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§729A.2

How the Code works3

Lobbying

7 for · 1 against · 1 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

HF 68Cleared committee88th GA

89th General Assembly

HF 120Cleared committeeHF 614Cleared committee

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • HF 68 Modifying the elements defining hate crimes, and providing penalties
    88th General Assembly · In committee · similar
    Cleared committee

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