House File 2193 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MASCHER


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the elements of a hate crime and making a
  2    penalty applicable.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6212HH 81
  5 rh/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 729A.2, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    "Hate crime" means one of the following public offenses
  1  4 when committed against a person or a person's property because
  1  5 of the person's actual or perceived race, color, religion,
  1  6 ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual
  1  7 orientation, age, or disability, or the person's association
  1  8 with a person of a certain actual or perceived race, color,
  1  9 religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation,
  1 10 sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability:
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill amends the definition of "hate crime" to include
  1 13 an assault, individual rights violation, criminal mischief, or
  1 14 trespass committed against a person or a person's property
  1 15 because of the offender's bias against a person's actual or
  1 16 perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin,
  1 17 political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or
  1 18 disability.
  1 19 LSB 6212HH 81
  1 20 rh:rj/gg/14