House
File
565
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
565
BY
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
BENNETT
,
DONAHUE
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
WINCKLER
,
HANSEN
,
THEDE
,
HUNTER
,
WILBURN
,
MASCHER
,
JACOBY
,
and
SMITH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
hate
crimes,
and
providing
penalties.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
692.15,
subsection
7,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
7.
The
hate
Hate
crimes
listed
in
under
section
729A.2
are
3
subject
to
the
reporting
requirements
of
this
section
.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
729A.2,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
5
follows:
6
729A.2
Violation
of
individual
rights
——
hate
crime.
7
“Hate
crime”
means
one
of
the
following
any
public
offenses
8
offense
when
committed
against
a
person
or
a
person’s
9
property
because
of
the
person’s
race,
color,
religion,
10
ancestry,
national
origin,
political
affiliation,
sex,
11
sexual
orientation,
age,
or
disability,
or
the
person’s
12
association
with
a
person
of
a
certain
race,
color,
religion,
13
ancestry,
national
origin,
political
affiliation,
sex,
sexual
14
orientation,
age,
or
disability
:
.
A
hate
crime
shall
be
15
classified
and
punished
as
an
offense
one
degree
higher
than
16
the
underlying
offense.
17
1.
Assault
in
violation
of
individual
rights
under
section
18
708.2C
.
19
2.
Violations
of
individual
rights
under
section
712.9
.
20
3.
Criminal
mischief
in
violation
of
individual
rights
21
under
section
716.6A
.
22
4.
Trespass
in
violation
of
individual
rights
under
section
23
716.8,
subsections
3
and
4
.
24
Sec.
3.
REPEAL.
Sections
712.9
and
716.6A,
Code
2021,
are
25
repealed.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
hate
crimes
and
provides
penalties.
30
Current
law
provides
that
“hate
crime”
means
one
of
the
31
following
public
offenses
when
committed
against
a
person
32
or
a
person’s
property
because
of
the
person’s
race,
color,
33
religion,
ancestry,
national
origin,
political
affiliation,
34
sex,
sexual
orientation,
age,
or
disability,
or
the
person’s
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association
with
a
person
of
a
certain
race,
color,
religion,
1
ancestry,
national
origin,
political
affiliation,
sex,
sexual
2
orientation,
age,
or
disability:
assault
in
violation
of
3
individual
rights
under
Code
section
708.2C;
violations
of
4
individual
rights
under
Code
section
712.9;
criminal
mischief
5
in
violation
of
individual
rights
under
Code
section
716.6A;
6
and
trespass
in
violation
of
individual
rights
under
Code
7
section
716.8(3)(4).
8
The
bill
provides
that
“hate
crime”
means
any
public
offense
9
when
committed
against
a
person
or
a
person’s
property
because
10
of
the
person’s
race,
color,
religion,
ancestry,
national
11
origin,
political
affiliation,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
age,
12
or
disability,
or
the
person’s
association
with
a
person
of
13
a
certain
race,
color,
religion,
ancestry,
national
origin,
14
political
affiliation,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
age,
or
15
disability.
A
hate
crime
shall
be
classified
and
punished
as
16
an
offense
one
degree
higher
than
the
underlying
offense.
17
The
bill
makes
conforming
Code
changes.
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