Hate Crimes
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Disarm Hate Act [S.1324]
Disarm Hate Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit firearm sale or transfer to and receipt or possession by an individual who has: (1) been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) received from any court an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence. The term "convicted in any court of a misdemeanor hate crime" means a conviction for a misdemeanor offense that has, as an element, that the conduct was motivated by hate or bias because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/08/2017
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Condemning the deadly attack on May 26, 2017, in Portland, Oregon, expressing deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims, and supporting community efforts to overcome hatred, bigotry, and violence. [HJR-105]
Condemning the deadly attack on May 26, 2017, in Portland, Oregon, expressing deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims, and supporting community efforts to overcome hatred, bigotry, and violence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 06/06/2017
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A joint resolution condemning the deadly attack on May 26, 2017, in Portland, Oregon, expressing deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims, and supporting efforts to overcome hatred, bigotry, and violence. [SJR-44]
A joint resolution condemning the deadly attack on May 26, 2017, in Portland, Oregon, expressing deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims, and supporting efforts to overcome hatred, bigotry, and violence. This joint resolution condemns the deadly attack on May 26, 2017, in Portland, Oregon, in which two innocent people were killed and one injured while standing up to hate and intolerance. Congress offers deepest condolences to the families of Rick Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche. Congress supports community efforts towards
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/06/2017
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Arizona Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)
Political beliefs; hate crimes; training [SB-1022]
Political beliefs; hate crimes; training
Sponsored by: Sen. John Kavanagh
Senate Read Second Time on 01/10/2017
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A resolution to condemn hate crimes and any other form of bias, discrimination, or other action targeting people based on race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation, and to urge the United States Congress to condemn and take action to investigate and prosecute acts of discrimination and violence. [HR-99]
A resolution to condemn hate crimes and any other form of bias, discrimination, or other action targeting people based on race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation, and to urge the United States Congress to condemn and take action to investigate and prosecute acts of discrimination and violence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Abdullah Hammoud
Introduced By Representative Abdullah Hammoud on 05/17/2017
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Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 [HB-1730]
Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify prohibitions with respect to intentionally defacing, damaging, or destroying religious real property. Specifically, the bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct to also criminalize threats to deface, damage, or destroy religious real property. Additionally, it establishes a criminal penalty—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both—for a violation that results in damage or destruction to religious property. Finally, the bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 12/12/2017
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NO HATE Act National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act of 2017 [HB-1566]
NO HATE Act National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to issue grants to states and local governments to assist in implementing the National Incident-Based Reporting System, including training employees in identifying hate crimes. A state or local government receiving such funding must provide DOJ, through the Uniform Crime Reporting system, information pertaining to hate crimes committed in that jurisdiction. A state or local government failing to provide the required
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/31/2017
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NO HATE Act National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act of 2017 [S.662]
NO HATE Act National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to issue grants to states and local governments to assist in implementing the National Incident-Based Reporting System, including training employees in identifying hate crimes. A state or local government receiving such funding must provide DOJ, through the Uniform Crime Reporting system, information pertaining to hate crimes committed in that jurisdiction. A state or local government failing to provide the required
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 05/02/2017
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Expressing the deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, as well as to Alok Madasani, Ian Grillot, and all victims of hate crime throughout the United States, and calling on the Department of Justice and the President to take appropriate actions. [HR-192]
Expressing the deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, as well as to Alok Madasani, Ian Grillot, and all victims of hate crime throughout the United States, and calling on the Department of Justice and the President to take appropriate actions. Expresses sympathy and condolences to the families of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, as well as to Alok Madasani, Ian Grillot, and all victims of hate crime throughout the United States. (Kuchibhotla, Madasani, and Grillot were shot in Olathe, Kansas, on February 22, 2017. Kuchibhotla
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hate crimes; criminal acts against persons because of gender, etc. [SB-1524]
Hate crimes; gender, sexual orientation, gender Hate crimes; gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability; civil action; penalty. Adds disability, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose of damaging another's property results in a higher criminal penalty for the offense. The bill also adds disability, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation status to the categories of hate crimes
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Committee Substitute Printed To Lis Only 17105118d-s1 on 02/01/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hate crimes; adds to list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate. [SB-1502]
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) simple assault or assault and battery where the victim was intentionally selected because of his race, religious conviction, color, or national origin; (ii) entering the property of another for purposes of damaging such property or its contents or interfering with the rights of the owner, user, or occupant where such property was intentionally selected because of the race, religious conviction, color, or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (10-y 5-n) on 02/01/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hate crimes; adds to list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate. [HB-2399]
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) simple assault or assault and battery where the victim was intentionally selected because of his race, religious conviction, color, or national origin; (ii) entering the property of another for purposes of damaging such property or its contents or interfering with the rights of the owner, user, or occupant where such property was intentionally selected because of the race, religious conviction, color, or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; hate crimes; report. [HJR-708]
Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; hate crimes; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the prevalence of hate crimes in the Commonwealth and the adequacy of the current criminal Code provisions in addressing such offenses in comparison to the laws of other states across the nation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Purchase and transport of firearms; simple assault hate crime. [HB-1778]
Purchase and transport of firearms; simple assault hate crime. Prohibits persons convicted of simple assault or assault and battery when the victim was selected because of his race, religious conviction, color, or national origin from purchasing or transporting a firearm for five years following such conviction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hate crimes; adds gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, penalty. [HB-1776]
Hate crimes; gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability; penalty. Adds gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose of damaging another's property results in a higher criminal penalty for the offense. The bill also adds these categories of victims to the categories of hate crimes that are to be reported to the central repository of information regarding hate crimes maintained
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hate crimes; immigration status; penalty. [HB-1779]
Hate crimes; immigration status; penalty. Adds immigration status to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose of damaging another's property results in a higher criminal penalty for the offense. The bill also adds immigration status to the categories of hate crimes that are to be reported to the central repository of information regarding hate crimes maintained by the Virginia State Police.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hate crimes; reporting to State Police. [HB-1702]
State Police; reporting hate crimes. Includes within the definition of "hate crime" a criminal act committed against a person because of sexual orientation or gender identification and requires the reporting of the commission of such crime to the State Police.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017
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Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2018 [S.994]
Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify an existing prohibition on intentionally obstructing, by force or threat of force, a person in the free exercise of religious beliefs. The bill specifies that, with respect to the prohibition, a threat of force includes a threat of force against religious real property. Additionally, it establishes a criminal penalty—a fine, a prison term of up to three years, or both—for a violation that results in damage or destruction to religious
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Became Public Law No: 115-249. (txt | Pdf) on 09/28/2018
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David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2017 David's Law [HB-1983]
David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2017 David's Law This bill makes it unlawful to willfully cause bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive device, attempting to cause such injury, whether or not acting under color of law, because of: (1) the actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin of that person; or (2) the actual or perceived religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of that person where the offense is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce. The U.S. Sentencing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 05/01/2017
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Condemning hate crime and any other form of racism, religious or ethnic bias, discrimination, incitement to violence, or animus targeting a minority in the United States. [HR-257]
Condemning hate crime and any other form of racism, religious or ethnic bias, discrimination, incitement to violence, or animus targeting a minority in the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Mrs. Handel Asked Unanimous Consent To Discharge From Committee And Consider. on 07/25/2018