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SB 275, 76th R.S.
Relating to the investigation and prosecution of an offense motivated by bias or prejudice and to other remedies for and protections against certain hateful acts.

Last action: Co-author authorized

Author: Rodney Ellis
Coauthor: Carlos Truan | Mario Gallegos, Jr. | Royce West | Gonzalo Barrientos | Mike Moncrief | Eddie Lucio, Jr. | Gregory Luna | David Cain | John Whitmire | David Bernsen | Eliot Shapleigh

Companion:

HB 938 (Identical)

Bill Analyses:
Introduced (Senate Research Center)

Subjects:
Civil Remedies & Liabilities
Crimes--Against Persons--General
DISCRIMINATION
HATE CRIMES
JAMES BYRD JR. ACT

Senate Committee: Criminal Justice (Kenneth Armbrister, Robert Duncan, Mike Jackson, Jane Nelson, Florence Shapiro, Royce West, John Whitmire)

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