{
 "citation": "14:107.2",
 "heading": "Hate crimes",
 "doc_id": "78262",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78262",
 "classification": "F",
 "enacted_year": "1997",
 "last_amended_year": "2022",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "B",
   "text": "If the underlying offense named in Subsection A of this Section is a misdemeanor, and the victim of the offense listed in Subsection A of this Section is selected in the manner proscribed by that Subsection, the offender may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "6M",
   "hard_labor": "",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  },
  {
   "subsection": "C",
   "text": "If the underlying offense named in Subsection A of this Section is a felony, and the victim of the offense listed in Subsection A of this Section is selected in the manner proscribed by that Subsection, the offender may be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "5Y",
   "hard_labor": "W/WO",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [
  "40:1075.3"
 ],
 "text": "RS 14:107.2\n\n\u00a7107.2. Hate crimes\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for any person to select the victim of the following offenses\nagainst person and property because of actual or perceived race, age, gender, religion, color,\ncreed, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry of that person or the owner\nor occupant of that property or because of actual or perceived membership or service in, or\nemployment with, an organization, or because of actual or perceived employment as a law\nenforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel: first or second\ndegree murder; manslaughter; battery; aggravated battery; second degree battery; aggravated\nassault with a firearm; terrorizing; menacing; mingling harmful substances; simple or third\ndegree rape, forcible or second degree rape, or aggravated or first degree rape; sexual battery;\nsecond degree sexual battery; oral sexual battery; carnal knowledge of a juvenile; indecent\nbehavior with juveniles; molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental\ndisability; simple, second degree, or aggravated kidnapping; simple or aggravated arson;\ncommunicating of false information of planned arson; simple or aggravated criminal damage\nto property; contamination of water supplies; simple or aggravated burglary; criminal\ntrespass; simple, first degree, or armed robbery; purse snatching; extortion; theft; desecration\nof graves; institutional vandalism; or assault by drive-by shooting.\n\nB. If the underlying offense named in Subsection A of this Section is a misdemeanor,\nand the victim of the offense listed in Subsection A of this Section is selected in the manner\nproscribed by that Subsection, the offender may be fined not more than five hundred dollars\nor imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. This sentence shall run consecutively\nto the sentence for the underlying offense.\n\nC. If the underlying offense named in Subsection A of this Section is a felony, and\nthe victim of the offense listed in Subsection A of this Section is selected in the manner\nproscribed by that Subsection, the offender may be fined not more than five thousand dollars\nor imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both. This sentence\nshall run consecutively to the sentence for the underlying offense.\n\nD. \"Organization\", as used in this Section, means all of the following:\n\n(1) Any lawful corporation, trust, company, partnership, association, foundation, or\nfund.\n\n(2) Any lawful group of persons, whether or not incorporated, banded together for\njoint action on any subject or subjects.\n\n(3) Any entity or unit of federal, state, or local government.\n\nE. As used in this Section:\n\n(1) \"Emergency medical services personnel\" shall have the same meaning ascribed\nto it by R.S. 40:1075.3.\n\n(2) \"Firefighter\" means any firefighter regularly employed by a fire department of\nany municipality, parish, or fire protection district of the state of Louisiana.\n\n(3) \"Law enforcement officer\" means any active or retired city, parish, or state law\nenforcement officer, peace officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, probation or parole officer,\nmarshal, deputy, wildlife enforcement agent, state correctional officer, or commissioned\nagent of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, as well as any federal law\nenforcement officer or employee, whose permanent duties include making arrests,\nperforming search and seizures, execution of criminal arrest warrants, execution of civil\nseizure warrants, any civil functions performed by sheriffs or deputy sheriffs, enforcement\nof penal or traffic laws, or the care, custody, control, or supervision of inmates.\n\nActs 1997, No. 1479, \u00a72, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 301, \u00a71; Acts 2004, No.\n676, \u00a71; Acts 2011, No. 67, \u00a73; Acts 2014, No. 791, \u00a77; Acts 2015, No. 184, \u00a71; Acts 2016,\nNo. 184, \u00a71; Acts 2022, No. 493, \u00a71."
}