HB 1117
Offenses Evidencing Prejudice
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Bill overview
Offenses Evidencing Prejudice; Expands grounds for reclassification of offenses to include acts based on gender or gender identity of any person; specifies that reclassification must occur if offense was based in whole or in part on specified characteristics of any person; provides that it is essential element of certain offense that defendant perceived, knew, or had reasonable grounds to know or perceive that person was included in certain class of person; specifies that reclassification of certain offense must occur if offense was based in whole or in part on disability of any person; reclassifies certain offenses committed against person with disability; expands data Governor is required to collect & disseminate to include specified incidents.
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