An Act to revise provisions regarding hate crimes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That § 22-19B-1 be AMENDED.
22-19B-1. Malicious intimidation or harassment--Felony.
NoA
person may
is
guilty of a Class 6 felony if the person maliciously
and with
the
specific intent to intimidate or harass any other
person or
specific
group of persons because of that person's or group of persons' race,
ethnicity, religion, ancestry, or
national
origin,
sexual orientation, gender identity, or identification as a Native
American Two-Spirit:
(1) Cause
Causes
physical injury
to another person;
or
(2) Deface
Defaces
any real or
personal property of another person;
or
(3) Damage
Damages
or
destroy
destroys any
real or personal property of another person; or
(4) ThreatenThreatens,
by word or act, to do the acts prohibited if there is reasonable
cause to believe that any of the acts prohibited in subdivision (1),
(2), or (3) of this section will occur.
A
violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.
Catchlines are not law. (§ 2-16-13.1) Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes
indicate deleted language.