The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition is anticipating a big week for Hate Crimes legislation at both the state and federal levels.
This Wednesday, April 29, the House Judiciary Committee will consider HB0335 by Jeanne Richardson (D-Memphis). This bill would add “gender identity or expression” to Tennessee’s hate crimes sentencing enhancement statute.
We were thrilled last week [...]
On a day when a jury in Greeley, Colorado, found a man guilty for First Degree murder for the killing of Angie Zapata, a transgender woman, and when members of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives defeated attempts to strip gender identity from H.R.1913, the Federal Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention [...]
This week, one of the two major bills that the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition has proposed this year will be before a House Subcommittee. This Wednesday, April 22, the House Criminal Practice Subcommittee will take up HB0335 by Jeanne Richardson (D-Memphis). This bill would add “gender identity or expression” to Tennessee’s hate crimes [...]
Last month, the House K-12 Sucommittee sent HB 0821 by Campfield, along with several other curriculum related bills, to the State Board of Education for review. The Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition supported that decision. Instead of waiting for the Board of Education to review the matter and return with its report next [...]
