Updated at 3:47 p.m. Wednesday
Amid public pressure, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has unveiled a new version of a hate crimes bill, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have pushed back on that version, questioning why an existing, stalled hate crimes bill, House Bill 426, has not advanced.
On Wednesday, Duncan called H.B. 426 “a simple sentencing enhancement” that “does not go far enough to deter and punish a hate crime.”
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