06 AM 29
0552
ADOPTED
Senators
Fort of the 39th and Reed of the 35th offered the following
amendment:
Amend
the Senate Judiciary Committee substitute to HB 1421 by striking line 2 of page
1 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
so as to change provisions relating to notices and pleadings in criminal proceedings; to change provisions relating to demand for trial and announcement of readiness for
so as to change provisions relating to notices and pleadings in criminal proceedings; to change provisions relating to demand for trial and announcement of readiness for
By
inserting after
"references;"
on line 6 of page 1 the following:
to provide for enhanced sentences in any case in which the trier of fact determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intentionally selected any victim or any property as the object of the offense because of the victiḿs race, religion, gender, national origin, or sexual orientation;
to provide for enhanced sentences in any case in which the trier of fact determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intentionally selected any victim or any property as the object of the offense because of the victiḿs race, religion, gender, national origin, or sexual orientation;
By
inserting between lines 11 and 12 of page 4 the following:
SECTION
5.1.
Said
title is further amended by striking the introductory language in subsection (a)
of Code Section 17-10-17, relating to sentencing of defendants guilty of crimes
involving bias or prejudice, circumstances, and parole, and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
"(a)
Subject to the notice requirement provided in Code Section 17-10-18 and in
enhancement of the penalty imposed, if the trier of fact determines beyond a
reasonable doubt that the defendant intentionally selected any victim or any
property of the victim as the object of the offense because of
bias or
prejudice
the
victiḿs
race, religion, gender, national origin, or sexual
orientation, the judge imposing sentence
shall:"