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Bill Title: Bias crimes. Requires law enforcement officers to receive training in identifying, responding to, and reporting bias motivated crimes in which the person who committed a criminal offense selected the victim who was injured or whose property was damaged because of the individual's actual or perceived race, color, creed, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity. Allows an individual who suffers a personal injury or property damage because of a criminal offense or delinquent act to bring a civil action to recover damages, including punitive damages, if the person who committed the criminal offense or delinquent act that

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law [SB0261 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2016-SB0261-Introduced.pdf

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