Official:Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," to add a new Chapter 10-2100, entitled "Hate Crimes," to provide for additional penalties for criminal conduct motivated by hatred toward certain characteristics of other persons, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: September 25, 2014
Signed: October 30, 2014
: Committee on Public Safety
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill adds a new Chapter to The Philadelphia Code that defines hate crimes and increases penalties for committing them. Hate crimes are defined as any crime motivated by hatred towards someone's sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, or disability.
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