HB276: Hate crimes; reporting to State Police.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 52-8.5 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 52-8.5. Reporting hate crimes.
A. The Superintendent shall establish and maintain within the Department of State Police a central repository for the collection and analysis of information regarding hate crimes and groups and individuals carrying out such acts.
B. State, county, and municipal law-enforcement agencies shall report to the Department all hate crimes occurring in their jurisdictions in a form, time, and manner prescribed by the Superintendent. Such reports shall not be open to public inspection except insofar as the Superintendent shall permit.
C. For purposes of this section, "hate crime"
As used in this section:
"Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's major life activities.
"Hate crime" means (i) a criminal act
committed against a person or his property with the specific intent of
instilling fear or intimidation in the individual against whom the act is
perpetrated because of race, religion, gender, disability, gender identity,
sexual orientation, or ethnic or national origin or that is
committed for the purpose of restraining that person from exercising his rights
under the Constitution or laws of this the Commonwealth or of the
United States,; (ii) any illegal act directed against any persons
or their property because of those persons' race, religion, gender,
disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or ethnic or
national origin,; and (iii) all other incidents, as determined by
law-enforcement authorities, intended to intimidate or harass any individual or
group because of race, religion, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual
orientation, or ethnic or national origin.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 52-8.5 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 52-8.5. Reporting hate crimes.
A. The Superintendent shall establish and maintain within the Department of State Police a central repository for the collection and analysis of information regarding hate crimes and groups and individuals carrying out such acts.
B. State, county, and municipal law-enforcement agencies shall report to the Department all hate crimes occurring in their jurisdictions in a form, time, and manner prescribed by the Superintendent. Such reports shall not be open to public inspection except insofar as the Superintendent shall permit.
C. For purposes of this section, "hate crime"
As used in this section:
"Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's major life activities.
"Hate crime" means (i) a criminal act
committed against a person or his property with the specific intent of
instilling fear or intimidation in the individual against whom the act is
perpetrated because of race, religion, gender, disability, gender identity,
sexual orientation, or ethnic or national origin or that is
committed for the purpose of restraining that person from exercising his rights
under the Constitution or laws of this the Commonwealth or of the
United States,; (ii) any illegal act directed against any persons
or their property because of those persons' race, religion, gender,
disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or ethnic or
national origin,; and (iii) all other incidents, as determined by
law-enforcement authorities, intended to intimidate or harass any individual or
group because of race, religion, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual
orientation, or ethnic or national origin.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 52-8.5 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 52-8.5. Reporting hate crimes.
A. The Superintendent shall establish and maintain within the Department of State Police a central repository for the collection and analysis of information regarding hate crimes and groups and individuals carrying out such acts.
B. State, county, and municipal law-enforcement agencies shall report to the Department all hate crimes occurring in their jurisdictions in a form, time, and manner prescribed by the Superintendent. Such reports shall not be open to public inspection except insofar as the Superintendent shall permit.
C. For purposes of this section, "hate crime" means
(i) a criminal act committed against a person or his property with the specific
intent of instilling fear or intimidation in the individual against whom the act
is perpetrated because of race, religion, disability, sexual orientation,
gender, gender identification, or ethnic national origin or
that is committed for the purpose of restraining that person from exercising
his rights under the Constitution or laws of this the
Commonwealth or of the United States,; (ii) any illegal act
directed against any persons or their property because of those persons' race,
religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identification,
or national origin,; and (iii) all other incidents, as determined
by law-enforcement authorities, intended to intimidate or harass any individual
or group because of race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender,
gender identification, or national origin.
HOUSE BILL NO. 276
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 52-8.5 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 52-8.5. Reporting hate crimes.
A. The Superintendent shall establish and maintain within the Department of State Police a central repository for the collection and analysis of information regarding hate crimes and groups and individuals carrying out such acts.
B. State, county and municipal law-enforcement agencies shall report to the Department all hate crimes occurring in their jurisdictions in a form, time and manner prescribed by the Superintendent. Such reports shall not be open to public inspection except insofar as the Superintendent shall permit.
C. For purposes of this section, "hate crime" means
(i) a criminal act committed against a person or his property with the specific
intent of instilling fear or intimidation in the individual against whom the
act is perpetrated because of race, religion,
sexual orientation, gender identification, or ethnic
national origin or that is committed for the purpose of
restraining that person from exercising his rights under the Constitution or
laws of this the
Commonwealth or of the United States,; (ii) any illegal act directed
against any persons or their property because of those persons' race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification,
or national origin,; and (iii) all other
incidents, as determined by law-enforcement authorities, intended to intimidate
or harass any individual or group because of race, religion,
sexual orientation, gender identification, or national
origin.