HATE CRIMES BILL IN OK SENATE A bill - SB701 - is currently in the
Oklahoma Senate which would add sexual orientation to
Oklahoma's Hate Crimes ordinance. This is the bill
the Race Relations committee of the Tulsa Police
Department has worked on for the last couple of years.
The bill will change a hate crime from a misdemeanor
to a felony and includes sexual orientation as one of
the designated groups. It is being sponsored in the
senate by Maxine Horner.
This bill is currently on the Senate Calendar
awaiting action. Action (vote or no vote) must be
taken by Friday, March 14, 2003 or the bill dies.
Senator Horner has asked the GLBT-allied community to
contact our senators expressing support for SB701.
Voicing your opinion educates Oklahoma State Senators
on GLBT issues as well as possibly having an effect
on the outcome of any SB701 vote.
You can send a pre-composed email asking for support
for this bill from the Human Rights Campaign website
at http://hrc.grassroots.com/oklahoma/OKhatecrimes.
If you would like to compose your own letter or
email, complete contact info for Oklahoma state
senators - as well as the latest information on SB701
- may be found at the Oklahoma Legislature website at
www.lsb.state.ok.us.
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