2021 House Bill 5014

Criminalize race-based false crime report

Introduced in the House

June 15, 2021

Introduced by Rep. Tenisha Yancey (D-1)

To make it a crime to file a false report of a crime based solely upon the alleged perpetrator belonging a “protected class” under a state civil rights law (race, sexual orientation, color, nationality, or religion), subject to six months imprisonment and fines.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations