To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
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Latest Action · September 13, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Disarm Hate Act would prevent people convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes or who received enhanced sentences for hate-motivated offenses from purchasing, possessing, or transporting firearms. The law would apply to anyone convicted at the federal, state, or tribal level of a misdemeanor involving physical force, threatened deadly weapons, or credible threats motivated by bias based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The prohibition would only apply to convictions where the defendant had legal representation or knowingly waived that right and had a jury trial or knowingly waived that right, and would not apply to convictions that have been expunged, set aside, or pardoned, or where civil rights have been restored. The bill does not specify new funding requirements or implementation timelines, as it amends existing federal firearms law to add a new category of people prohibited from obtaining firearms.
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