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.

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Plain-English Summary

An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, 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.

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 13, 2026

Who it affects

LGBTQ+ / Queer

via Fairness Pennsylvania: 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, id…

Student / education borrower

via Pennsylvania Youth Congress: Law Enforcement Training on Investigating, Identifying, and Reporting Crimes of Ethnic Intimidation

Parent / guardian

via Pennsylvania Youth Congress: Law Enforcement Training on Investigating, Identifying, and Reporting Crimes of Ethnic Intimidation

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LGBTQ+ / QueerdirectModerate impactMedium certainty
via Fairness Pennsylvania
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, id…
Student / education borrowerdirectModerate impactMedium certainty
via Pennsylvania Youth Congress
Law Enforcement Training on Investigating, Identifying, and Reporting Crimes of Ethnic Intimidation
Parent / guardiandirectModerate impactMedium certainty
via Pennsylvania Youth Congress
Law Enforcement Training on Investigating, Identifying, and Reporting Crimes of Ethnic Intimidation

What the Bill Does

Part of a broader hate crimes reform package introduced alongside HB 1905. Pennsylvania currently has less comprehensive hate crime laws compared t…
Law Enforcement Training on Investigating, Identifying, and Reporting Crimes of Ethnic Intimidation

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