SB 940 (2020) -  Crimes Evidencing Prejudice

by Rader (CO-SPONSORS) Pizzo; Rouson; Berman
Expanding grounds for the reclassification of crimes to include prejudice based on the gender or gender identity of any person; specifying that the reclassification occurs if the crime was based in whole or in part on the race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, homeless status, advanced age, gender, or gender identity of any person; specifying that the reclassification of a certain crime occurs if the crime was based in whole or in part on a disability of any person, etc.
Effective Date: 10/01/2020
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died in Criminal Justice on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Criminal Justice
  • Judiciary
  • Rules

Related Bills

Staff Analysis

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Criminal Justice Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 71 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 72 Time: 12/13/2019 - 11:34 AM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/14/2019 - 4:04 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
775.085 HB 655
775.0863 HB 655