§ 485.05 Hate crimes.
1. A person commits a hate crime when he or she commits a specified
offense and either:
(a) intentionally selects the person against whom the offense is
committed or intended to be committed in whole or in substantial part
because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national
origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability
or sexual orientation of a person, regardless of whether the belief or
perception is correct, or
(b) intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the offense in
whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding
the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious
practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person, regardless
of whether the belief or perception is correct.
2. Proof of race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion,
religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of the
defendant, the victim or of both the defendant and the victim does not,
by itself, constitute legally sufficient evidence satisfying the
people’s burden under paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision one of this
section.
3. A “specified offense” is an offense defined by any of the following
provisions of this chapter: section 120.00 (assault in the third
degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.10
(assault in the first degree); section 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a
person less than eleven years old); section 120.13 (menacing in the
first degree); section 120.14 (menacing in the second degree); section
120.15 (menacing in the third degree); section 120.20 (reckless
endangerment in the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless
endangerment in the first degree); section 121.12 (strangulation in the
second degree); section 121.13 (strangulation in the first degree);
subdivision one of section 125.15 (manslaughter in the second degree);
subdivision one, two or four of section 125.20 (manslaughter in the
first degree); section 125.25 (murder in the second degree); section
120.45 (stalking in the fourth degree); section 120.50 (stalking in the
third degree); section 120.55 (stalking in the second degree); section
120.60 (stalking in the first degree); subdivision one of section 130.35
(rape in the first degree); subdivision one of section 130.50 (criminal
sexual act in the first degree); subdivision one of section 130.65
(sexual abuse in the first degree); paragraph (a) of subdivision one of
section 130.67 (aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree); paragraph
(a) of subdivision one of section 130.70 (aggravated sexual abuse in the
first degree); section 135.05 (unlawful imprisonment in the second
degree); section 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the first degree);
section 135.20 (kidnapping in the second degree); section 135.25
(kidnapping in the first degree); section 135.60 (coercion in the second
degree); section 135.65 (coercion in the first degree); section 140.10
(criminal trespass in the third degree); section 140.15 (criminal
trespass in the second degree); section 140.17 (criminal trespass in the
first degree); section 140.20 (burglary in the third degree); section
140.25 (burglary in the second degree); section 140.30 (burglary in the
first degree); section 145.00 (criminal mischief in the fourth degree);
section 145.05 (criminal mischief in the third degree); section 145.10
(criminal mischief in the second degree); section 145.12 (criminal
mischief in the first degree); section 150.05 (arson in the fourth
degree); section 150.10 (arson in the third degree); section 150.15
(arson in the second degree); section 150.20 (arson in the first
degree); section 155.25 (petit larceny); section 155.30 (grand larceny
in the fourth degree); section 155.35 (grand larceny in the third
degree); section 155.40 (grand larceny in the second degree); section
155.42 (grand larceny in the first degree); section 160.05 (robbery in
the third degree); section 160.10 (robbery in the second degree);
section 160.15 (robbery in the first degree); section 240.25 (harassment
in the first degree); subdivision one, two or four of section 240.30
(aggravated harassment in the second degree); or any attempt or
conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses.
4. For purposes of this section:
(a) the term “age” means sixty years old or more;
(b) the term “disability” means a physical or mental impairment that
substantially limits a major life activity.
