Legislation · General Assembly 151

HA 2 to SB 144

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.