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SB 88: Crimes Evidencing Prejudice

GENERAL BILL by Osgood

Crimes Evidencing Prejudice; Expanding grounds for the reclassification of crimes to include acts of prejudice based on the gender of a victim; specifying that the reclassification occurs if the crime was based in whole or in part on the actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, homeless status, or advanced age of the victim; providing for the reclassification of a crime if it was based in whole or in part on the actual or perceived mental or physical disability of the victim, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  10/3/2023	Senate	• Filed
  10/17/2023	Senate	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
  10/18/2023	Senate	• Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules • Withdrawn prior to introduction

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• SB 88, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/3/2023 at 3:40 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 90	Public Records/Criminal Acts that Evidence Prejudice	Osgood	Linked	Last Action: 10/18/2023 S Withdrawn prior to introduction
  S 134	Crimes Evidencing Prejudice	Berman	Compare	Last Action: 3/8/2024 S Died in Criminal Justice

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  775.085	Evidencing prejudice while committing offense; reclassification.	Page 1 (pdf)
  775.0863	Evidencing prejudice while committing offense against person with mental or physical disability; reclassification.	Page 4 (pdf)

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