Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on June 30, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 277
Renames crime of intimidation as bias crime.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Renames crime of intimidation as bias crime. Adds ethnicity and gender to list of characteristics of victim, the perception of which constitutes defendant's motive to commit crime. Includes commission of assault in fourth degree as bias crime in the first degree when committed by one person and motivated by perception of victim's race, color, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability or national origin. Authorizes Attorney General to bring civil action based on commission of bias crime. Modifies remedies available in civil action. Authorizes criminal forfeiture of instrumentalities of bias crimes. Directs law enforcement agencies to report statistics regarding bias crimes to Department of Justice. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
Its course
January 14 to June 30, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 14 to Jun 30 · stopped167 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 14 to Jan 151 day
JudiciaryJan 15 to Jun 30 · stopped166 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.