Hate Crimes

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Revisions [SB-256]
Altering the membership and duties of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; providing that a law enforcement agency may employ an individual as a police officer for a certain period only if the individual is certified or provisionally certified by the Commission; and altering provisions of law relating to the certification and recertification of police officers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, nondiscrimination in employment, etc., penalties. [HB-18]
Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity; penalties. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination in employment and in places of public accommodation because of such individual's ethnic origin and prohibits such discrimination. The bill also adds victims who are intentionally selected because of their ethnic origin to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0266) on 04/02/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, nondiscrimination in employment, etc., penalties. [SB-7]
Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity; penalties. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination in employment and in places of public accommodation because of such individual's ethnic origin and prohibits such discrimination. The bill also adds victims who are intentionally selected because of their ethnic origin to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0334) on 04/02/2024

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with pamphlets, leaflets, or flyers demonstrating ethnic or religious animus; providing a civil penalty. [SB-2082]
Relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with pamphlets, leaflets, or flyers demonstrating ethnic or religious animus; providing a civil penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jose Menendez Read First Time on 03/21/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Jewish faith or ethnicity; addressing discrimination against persons. [HB-2208]
Hate crimes and discrimination; anti-Semitism; penalties. Provides that as used in the Code of Virginia, "race," "religion," or "national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity; "racial, religious, or ethnic animosity" shall include animosity toward the Jewish faith or ethnicity; "race," "religious conviction," or "national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity; and "race," "religion," or "ethnic and national origin" shall include persons of the Jewish faith or ethnicity. Hate crimes and discrimination; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler Failed To Pass In House on 02/25/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Hate crimes and discrimination; antisemitism, penalties. [SB-1184]
Hate crimes and discrimination; anti-Semitism; penalties. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination in employment and in places of public accommodation because of such individual's ethnic origin. The bill also adds victims who are intentionally selected because of their ethnic origin 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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove Failed To Pass In Senate on 02/25/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; VSCC to study hate crimes and bias-motivated acts. [SJR-230]
Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; hate crimes and bias-motivated acts directed toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the increase in hate crimes and bias-motivated acts directed toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the Commonwealth.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell Left In Rules on 02/22/2023

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Condemning the atrocity that occurred in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2022, in which 10 Americans were killed and 3 were injured, and in which 11 of the 13 victims were Black Americans, condemning the Great Replacement Theory as a White supremacist conspiracy theory, and reaffirming the House of Representatives commitment to combating White supremacy, hatred, and racial injustice. [HR-1152]
Condemning the atrocity that occurred in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2022, in which 10 Americans were killed and 3 were injured, and in which 11 of the 13 victims were Black Americans, condemning the Great Replacement Theory as a White supremacist conspiracy theory, and reaffirming the House of Representatives commitment to combating White supremacy, hatred, and racial injustice.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Pursuant To The Provisions Of H. Res. 1153, H. Res. 1152 Is Considered Passed House. on 06/08/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Condemning rising antisemitism. [HR-1125]
Condemning rising antisemitism.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Suozzi Mr. Cohen Moved To Suspend The Rules And Agree To The Resolution, As Amended. on 05/18/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Commemorating the 1-year anniversary of the March 16, 2021, shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, and denouncing anti-Asian hate. [HR-981]
Commemorating the 1-year anniversary of the March 16, 2021, shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, and denouncing anti-Asian hate.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 11/01/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Civil Rights Cold Case Investigations Support Act of 2022 [HB-6818]
To amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to extend the termination date of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Introduced In House on 02/22/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Civil Rights Cold Case Investigations Support Act of 2022 [S.3655]
A bill to amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to extend the termination date of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Peters Became Public Law No: 117-222. on 12/05/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Condemning the atrocities that occurred in Forsyth County, Georgia, in 1912 in which over 1,100 Black Americans were terrorized and driven out by white supremacist mobs, including dozens of Black Americans who owned land in the county, and reaffirming the House of Representatives' commitment to combating white supremacy, hatred, and injustice. [HR-917]
Condemning the atrocities that occurred in Forsyth County, Georgia, in 1912 in which over 1,100 Black Americans were terrorized and driven out by white supremacist mobs, including dozens of Black Americans who owned land in the county, and reaffirming the House of Representatives' commitment to combating white supremacy, hatred, and injustice.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 11/01/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Condemning the heinous terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on January 15, 2022. [HR-881]
Condemning the heinous terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on January 15, 2022.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. Moved To Suspend The Rules And Agree To The Resolution, As Amended. on 03/08/2022

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 Regular Session

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; VSCC to study hate crimes and bias-motivated acts toward. [HJR-88]
Study; Virginia State Crime Commission; hate crimes and bias-motivated acts directed toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission to study the increase in hate crimes and bias-motivated acts directed toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the Commonwealth.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam Left In Rules on 02/15/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Combating International Islamophobia Act [HB-6204]
To establish in the Department of State the Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 12/09/2021

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance of memorializing the lives lost this year to antitransgender violence. [HR-814]
Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance of memorializing the lives lost this year to antitransgender violence.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 11/01/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Combating International Islamophobia Act [HB-5665]
To establish in the Department of State the Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 12/15/2021

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Honoring the victims resulting from hate crimes, Islamophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, where individuals were targeted by violence and hatred because they were Muslim or perceived to be Muslim. [HR-662]
Honoring the victims resulting from hate crimes, Islamophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, where individuals were targeted by violence and hatred because they were Muslim or perceived to be Muslim.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Pramila Jayapal Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 11/01/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Acknowledging that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, individuals experienced hate and were targeted by the government on account of their faith, race, national origin and immigration status, and suggesting various forms of relief to support those affected. [HR-629]
Acknowledging that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, individuals experienced hate and were targeted by the government on account of their faith, race, national origin and immigration status, and suggesting various forms of relief to support those affected.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/13/2021

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