PART ONE: Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich speak with Wes Martin, News Director for WFHB, about State Senate Bill 12. This is a hate crimes bill, in which Republicans removed all references to race, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation and other protected classes, on February 19, 2019. PART TWO: Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich review with Shatoyia …
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State Senate Republicans passed an amendment to Indiana’s leading Hate Crimes Bill, yesterday evening. Republican State Senators voted to pass an amendment to Senate Bill 12, which deleted two-thirds of the proposed hate crimes bill; The original 21 page document was cut down to just seven pages, after the State Senate Republicans voted to pass an amendment gutting the bill. …
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This morning, the Indiana legislature took one step closer to passing a Hate Crimes Bill, when the Senate Committee on Public Policy passed Senate Bill 12. Authored by State Senator (R-LaPorte) Mike Bohacek and State Senator (R-Lafayette) Ron Alting, SB 12 comes after Gov. Eric Holcomb urged the passage of a hate crimes bill last year, after a synagogue was …
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