HB0280 Discrimination prohibition-amendments.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and therefore has no effective date.

Amending Laws on Discrimination

This act proposes new penalties for causing bodily injury or property damage based on someone's race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.

What This Bill Does

Adds new rules that make it a crime to hurt someone physically because of their race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.

Sets fines and jail time for people who damage property based on the same reasons as mentioned above.

Increases penalties if the property damage is serious (costing $1000 or more).

Who It Names or Affects

People who might hurt others because of their race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.

Anyone whose property is damaged due to discrimination based on the protected classes mentioned in the bill.

Terms To Know

Protected Classes

Groups of people who are legally protected from unfair treatment and discrimination. In this case, it includes race, color, sex, creed (religion), and national origin.

Felony

A serious crime that can result in a longer jail sentence than a misdemeanor.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass during the session it was introduced.

It is unclear how many people would be affected by these new rules since it didn't become law.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

23LSO-0396
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0396
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0280

Discrimination prohibition-amendments.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Zwonitzer, Dn

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; establishing offenses and penalties for bodily injury and property damage on account of specified protected classes; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 6
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102(b) and by creating a new subsection (c) is amended to read:

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102.

Discrimination prohibited; penalties.

(b)

A person who violates
subsection (a) of
this section commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.

(c)

A person who, with the intent to intimidate or harass another person because of the other person's race, color, sex, creed or national origin:

(i)

Causes bodily injury to another person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both;

(ii)

Causes or attempts to cause serious bodily injury is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years;

(iii)

Defaces, injures or destroys the property of another person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if the cost of restoring the injured property or the value of the property if destroyed is not greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00);

(iv)

Defaces, injures or destroys the property of another person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the cost of restoring the injured property or the value of the property if destroyed is one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more.

Section 2
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution
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