2015 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
TITLE 11.6 - CIVIL RIGHTS
CHAPTER 1 - Definitions
Section 422.55.
422.55. For purposes of this title, and for purposes of all other state law unless an explicit provision of law or the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following shall apply:
(a) Hate crime means a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of one or more of the following actual or perceived characteristics of the victim:
(1) Disability.
(2) Gender.
(3) Nationality.
(4) Race or ethnicity.
(5) Religion.
(6) Sexual orientation.
(7) Association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
(b) Hate crime includes, but is not limited to, a violation of Section 422.6.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 700, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2005.)
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