SB 120

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 04, 2024
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, penalties.

Abstract

Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity; penalties. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination in employment and in places of public accommodation because of such individual's ethnic origin. The bill also adds victims who are intentionally selected because of their ethnic origin to the categories of victims whose intentional selection for a hate crime involving assault, assault and battery, or trespass for the purpose of damaging another's property results in a higher criminal penalty for the offense. The bill also provides that no provider or user of an interactive computer service on the Internet shall be liable for any action voluntarily taken by it in good faith to restrict access to material that the provider or user considers to be intended to incite hatred on the basis of ethnic origin. This bill was incorporated into SB 7.

Bill Sponsors (5)

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Actions


Jan 24, 2024

Senate

Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB7-Reeves) (14-Y 0-N)

Senate

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Jan 22, 2024

Senate

Impact statement from DPB (SB120)

Jan 10, 2024

Senate

Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name

Jan 05, 2024

Senate

Impact statement from VCSC (SB120)

Jan 04, 2024

Senate

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103033D

Senate

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103033D PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB120F122.PDF PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB120F160.PDF PDF

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