In assault, further providing for the offense of ethnic intimidation; in particular rights and immunities, further providing for civil rights violations; and, in employees, further providing for definitions and providing for annual officer training on hate-based intimidation.

This bill extends hate crime protections and training to include gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, providing law enforcement with the training necessary to investigate, identify, and prevent hate-based intimidation crimes.

Part of a broader hate crimes reform package introduced alongside HB 1905. Pennsylvania currently has less comprehensive hate crime laws compared to other states. There has been an increase in hate-based crimes in Pennsylvania.

Law Enforcement Training on Investigating, Identifying, and Reporting Crimes of Ethnic Intimidation