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AB-39 Hate crimes.(2017-2018)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 422.95 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

422.95.
 (a) Every local law enforcement agency in this state shall, upon the conclusion of an investigation, forward a summary of any hate crime or incident suspected to be a hate crime that has been reported within the jurisdiction of that law enforcement agency, and redact any personal information or personally identifiable information, to the human relations commission in that jurisdiction, if such an entity exists.
(b) As used in this section, “human relations commission” means a board, commission, or similar entity of a city, county, or city and county, whose primary responsibilities may include examining race and human relations problems within a jurisdiction and working with communities, organizations, and public agencies to develop programs that aim to reduce racism, homophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment, or other biases.
SEC. 2.
 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.