HB 68
AN ACT relating to hate crimes.
In Plain Language
This bill makes it a crime to intimidate someone using hate symbols, and increases prison sentences for people convicted of crimes motivated by someone's race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. The bill also removes an older law about ethnic intimidation and changes related criminal statutes to match these new rules.
Official summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide an enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of certain crimes when the defendant intentionally committed the offense because of a person's actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create the offense of using hate symbols to intimidate; repeal KRS 49.320 and 532.031.
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Latest action
to Judiciary (H)
Feb 4, 2025
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