Title: Authorizes Consideration of Bias in Sentencing
Title: Authorizes Consideration of Bias in Sentencing
A vote to pass a bill that authorizes consideration of bias in sentencing.
Requires each law enforcement agency to submit bias crime reports using the National Incident Based Reporting System format, in accordance with Federal Bureau of Information guidelines (Sec. 1).
Requires cultural diversity awareness training for law enforcement officers to include recognizing, investigating, and reporting bias motivated crimes (Sec. 1).
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide their officers with continued law enforcement trainings for topics relating to (Sec. 3):
Race;
Religion;
Gender;
Age;
Domestic violence;
National origin;
Physical and mental disabilities; and
How to recognize, investigate, and report bias motivated crimes.
Authorizes courts to consider the following aggravating circumstances when determining what sentence to impose for a bias motivated crime (Sec. 3):
The individual committed the offense with an intent to harm or intimidate an individual or group due to either real or perceived characteristics of the individual or group;
These characteristics may include race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, or age.
Title: Authorizes Consideration of Bias in Sentencing