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SB 588: Crimes Evidencing Prejudice

GENERAL BILL by Rader

Crimes Evidencing Prejudice; Expanding grounds for the reclassification of crimes to include prejudice based on the gender or gender identity of the victim; expanding grounds for reclassification of crimes to include prejudice based on a disability of the victim, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)
  4. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/20/2017 Senate • Filed
    11/2/2017 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 47
    1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 47
    2/1/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/06/18, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building
    2/6/2018 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 3 NAYS 2 -SJ 295
    • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice -SJ 296
    3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

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  • SB 588, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/20/2017 at 4:04 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 2/5/2018 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 2/6/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 211 Crimes Evidencing Prejudice Geller, Jacquet Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/6/2018 9:00 AM Criminal Justice 3 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    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 2 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 4 (pdf)

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