Expands hate crime reclassification and data collection to include crimes based on gender identity, increasing legal protections and recognition for transgender people.
expanding grounds for the reclassification of crimes to include acts based on the gender or gender identity of any person;
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds gender and gender identity as protected characteristics for hate crime sentence enhancements and data reporting, and provides a statutory definition of gender identity that recognizes it may differ from assigned sex at birth. These changes expand legal recognition and protections for transgender people under bias-crime laws. No provisions address firearms, abortion, or immigration enforcement.