Here's for you Mathew Shepperd. VICTORY!
In a bipartisan vote of 237 to 180, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the historic Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The bill adds sexual orientation and gender identity to existing federal hate crimes laws, ensuring that law enforcement officials have the resources needed to investigate and prosecute hate violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
We thank you who contacted your representatives to make this victory possible. The bill now goes to the Senate.
In a bipartisan vote of 237 to 180, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the historic Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The bill adds sexual orientation and gender identity to existing federal hate crimes laws, ensuring that law enforcement officials have the resources needed to investigate and prosecute hate violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
We thank you who contacted your representatives to make this victory possible. The bill now goes to the Senate.