model confidence 90%
Expands hate crime reclassification and data collection to explicitly include offenses based on gender identity, increasing legal recognition and protections for transgender people under bias-motivated crime laws.
expanding grounds for the reclassification of offenses to include acts based on the gender or gender identity of any person
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Status: Failed
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds gender identity as a protected characteristic for hate crime sentence enhancements (reclassifying offenses evidencing prejudice) and requires data collection on such incidents, while defining the term to include transgender identities. This expands legal recognition and protections for transgender people. No provisions address firearms, abortion, or immigration enforcement.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | H | Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2026-01-13 | H | 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 2026-01-12 | H | Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2026-01-12 | H | Referred to Judiciary Committee |
| 2026-01-12 | H | Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee |
| 2026-01-12 | H | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2026-01-07 | H | Filed |