Concerning criminal penalties for bias-motivated defacement of private or public property.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Dec 28, 2023
Signed Mar 13, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 2, 2024 · House Feb 27, 2024
How they voted
34–14
Passed
Total votes 48
Feb 2, 2024
D
Democratic28
100% Yea
R
Republican20
70% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
12
Committee
8
Mar 13, 2024
Signed into law
Governor signed.
executive
Mar 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Feb 27, 2024
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (65-27-3)
house
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
CSJR - Majority; do pass.
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-14)
senate
Jan 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Minority; without recommendation.
upper
Jan 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Minority; do not pass.
upper
Jan 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
upper
Jan 18, 2024
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andy Billig
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Hasegawa
DDemocratic
Co
Claire Wilson
DDemocratic
Co
Jamie Pedersen
DDemocratic
Co
Javier Valdez
DDemocratic
Co
Jesse Salomon
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Nguyen
DDemocratic
Co
John Lovick
DDemocratic
Co
Manka Dhingra
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Mullet
DDemocratic
Co
Marko Liias
DDemocratic
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