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Senate passes substitute House Bill 90, focusing enhancements on community harm from hate-motivated offenses
Summary
After extended floor debate, the Senate passed substitute House Bill 90 to increase certain misdemeanor penalties and add an aggravating-factor sentencing provision tied to public harm from hate-motivated offenses; the vote was 29–0 in favor as recorded on the floor.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 28 passed substitute House Bill 90, a measure that adjusts penalties for certain hate-motivated offenses and adds a sentencing aggravator that directs judges and the Board of Pardons to consider the public harm resulting from such offenses.
Senator Karen Hale, presenting the substitute, said the bill avoids imposing new felony penalties and instead raises misdemeanor offenses by one level while authorizing the Board of Pardons and sentencing judges to treat the…
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