Posted: | September 11, 2017 10:26 AM |
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From: | Representative Dom Costa |
To: | All House members |
Subject: | Updating Pennsylvania’s Hate Crime Statute |
In the near future, I plan to introduce legislation that will update Pennsylvania’s hate crime statute. Right now, that law provides stiffer penalties when a crime is committed against another motivated by hatred for the victim’s race, color, religion or national origin. As recent events have shown, I believe those who are victimized because of their mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or sexual identification also deserve to be protected under this important law. I hope you will join me in co-sponsoring this legislation so we can update Pennsylvania’s hate crime law to protect our citizens from crimes of hate and bias. |
Introduced as HB1803