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Committee holds bias-motivated conduct ordinance for administration review
Summary
A proposed ordinance to deter bias-motivated conduct and strengthen enforcement was reviewed and supported by the Human Relations Commission, but Mayor Walker requested time for administration review; the committee voted to keep the measure in committee pending that review.
Councilman Soupler presented a draft bias-motivated conduct ordinance intended to deter and provide enforcement mechanisms for hate‑related incidents, citing a downtown incident last summer as a motivating example.
Soupler said he had consulted the police commissioner and the Human Relations Commission (HRC), which voted…
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