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Committee hears no public testimony on bill to add sexual orientation and gender identity to sentencing aggravators
Summary
Ken Alpersaft, staff to Representative Josephson, told the House State Affairs Committee on May 6 that House Bill 24 would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of factors courts may consider as sentence aggravators under the hate crime subsection.
Ken Alpersaft, staff to Representative Josephson, presented House Bill 24 at the House State Affairs Committee on May 6 and summarized the measure as an amendment to the list of sentencing aggravators.
Alpersaft said the bill “adds those two items to the existing list” that can be considered as aggravating factors under the hate crime subsection. He clarified to the committee that the bill does not change statutory sentencing ranges; it only permits consideration of sexual orientation or gender identity as aggravators where other sentencing laws allow.
There was no public testimony at this hearing. The committee set an amendment deadline of Friday, May 9 at 5 p.m. and indicated the bill will be taken up at a committee hearing on Saturday, May 10.
