HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 144

AMEND Senate Bill No. 144, as amended, on line 36 by deleting “ threatens, attempts or does ” and inserting in lieu thereof “ attempts or does ”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 144, as amended, by deleting line 40 in its entirety and redesignating accordingly.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 144, as amended, on line 45 by deleting “ (a)(5) ” and inserting in lieu thereof “ (a)(4) ”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 144, as amended, on line 51 by deleting “ threatens, ”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 144, as amended, on line 76 by deleting “ . ” at the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “ if the parent or legal guardian knew of the propensity of the minor to commit a violation of § 1304, § 1305, or § 1306 of this title. ”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment does all of the following:

(1) Removes threatening to commit an act of desecration or cross or religious symbol burning from the definition of those offenses.

(2) Removes damage to “any private property or structure” from the definition of desecration.

(3) Clarifies that parents or legal guardians are only civilly liable for the intentional hate crime tort of a child if it can be shown that they knew of the propensity of the child to commit a violation of § 1304, § 1305, or § 1306 of Title 11.