NEW MEXICO HATE CRIMES SENTENCING
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL SENTENCING; PROVIDING FOR ALTERATION OF A BASIC
SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT WHEN A HATE CRIME IS COMMITTED; PROVIDING
FOR HATE CRIME DATA COLLECTION AND POLICE TRAINING; REPEALING A
SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Hate Crimes Act".
Section 2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Hate Crimes Act:
A. "age" means sixty years of age or older;
B. "gender identity" means a person's self-perception, or perception of
that person by another, of the person's identity as a male or female based upon the
person's appearance, behavior or physical characteristics that are in accord or
opposed to the person's physical anatomy, chromosomal sex or sex at birth;
...
E. "sexual orientation" means heterosexuality, homosexuality or
bisexuality, whether actual or perceived.
Section 3. HATE CRIMES--NONCAPITAL FELONIES, MISDEMEANORS OR
PETTY MISDEMEANORS COMMITTED BECAUSE OF THE VICTIM'S ACTUAL OR
PERCEIVED RACE, RELIGION, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, AGE,
HANDICAPPED STATUS, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY--
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