H.R. 1091: Stop Hate Crimes Act of 2023

118th Congress · introduced 2023-02-17 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2023-02-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Stop Hate Crimes Act of 2023

Plain summary

Stop Hate Crimes Act of 2023 This bill lowers the statutory burden of proof for showing intent with respect to a federal hate crime offense. Current law makes it unlawful to willfully cause bodily injury, or attempt to do so using a dangerous weapon, because of the actual or perceived protected characteristic (e.g., race) of a person. In 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the because of standard requires proof that a person's actual or perceived protected characteristic was the sole motivating factor in the offense. This bill replaces the because of standard with a new standard. Specifically, willfully causing bodily injury, or attempting to do so using a dangerous weapon, is a hate crime offense if a person's actual or perceived protected characteristic was a contributory motivating factor in the offense.

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Official text

Stop Hate Crimes Act of 2023

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] · 21 cosponsors

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Lucy McBath (D-GA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr1091.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

Record fed-us-cong118-hr1091 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118