House File 2504 H-8082 Amend House File 2504 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE ON HATE CRIMES AND HATE 4 SPEECH IN IOWA. 5 1. The legislative council is requested to establish a study 6 committee for the 2020 interim to examine occurrences of hate 7 crimes and hate speech in this state, including but not limited 8 to acts of racism, bigotry, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and 9 other actions based on animus toward a person’s race, religion 10 or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, or disability. 11 2. The study committee shall seek to identify the causes of 12 hate crimes and hate speech in this state, any trends in the 13 rate of occurrence of such acts, and solutions for reducing 14 such occurrences. The study committee shall seek input from 15 affected stakeholders. 16 3. The study committee shall consist of five members of 17 the senate, three of whom shall be appointed by the majority 18 leader of the senate and two of whom shall be appointed by 19 the minority leader of the senate, and five members of the 20 house of representatives, three of whom shall be appointed by 21 the speaker of the house of representatives and two of whom 22 shall be appointed by the minority leader of the house of 23 representatives. 24 4. The interim committee shall submit its findings and 25 recommendations in a report to the general assembly by January 26 11, 2021. > 27 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting < An 28 Act requesting an interim study committee on hate crimes and 29 hate speech in Iowa. > 30 ______________________________ ABDUL-SAMAD of Polk -1- HF2504.3547 (3) 88 je/jh 1/ 1 #1. #2.