Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will sign a hate crime bill that his state's Legislature approved this week, his office said
The bill, spurred by public outrage over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, will allow judges imposing sentences to increase punishment against those who target victims based on perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, mental disability or physical disability.House Bill 426 passed by the Senate by a vote of 47-6. The House approved it in a 127-38 vote. Kemp is expected to sign the bill Friday afternoon.
Ahmaud Arbery killing being investigated as federal hate crime, family attorney saysThere was an earlier legislative effort in November 2019 after a 16-year-old girl in Gainesville allegedly plotted to attack a historically Black church. She faced a charge of criminal attempt to commit murder, but she didn't face any hate crime charges.House Bill 426, drafted during the 2019 session, looked to amend the Georgia state code.
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