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Hate crimes: nooses, crosses, and swastikas.

It became law on Sep 18, 2022.

CA AB 2282 · Assembly Bill · 2021–2022

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Latest action
Sep 18, 2022

What it does

Existing law establishes various offenses for a person who places or displays certain symbols, marks, signs, emblems, and other physical impressions, including, but not limited to, a Nazi swastika, hangs nooses, or burns or desecrates crosses or other religious symbols on private and nonprivate property, as specified, with the intent to terrorize a person, as specified. Existing law, for the first conviction, punishes a person who hangs a noose or places or displays a sign, mark, symbol, emblem, or other physical impression with the intent to terrorize a person, as specified, with imprisonment in county jail not to exceed one year, a fine not more than $5,000, or both the fine and…

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Sep 18, 2022

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