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The Senate is currently considering attaching the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA) as an amendment to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. The House passed HCPA as an amendment to the Children’s Safety Act in September 2005. AAUW supports this amendment as a way to ensure passage of a vitally important piece of civil rights legislation.
Take Action!

Click on the “Take Action” link in the upper right corner, or copy and paste the following URL into your Internet browser, and then follow the instructions to send an email to your senators:


http://www.aauw.org/

click on Issue Advocacy, top right and then Two-minute

HCPA would add gender, sexual orientation, and disability to the list of bias-motivated categories. It would also strengthen the federal response to hate crimes by removing the current requirement that the victim be involved in a federally protected activity. Attaching HCPA to the likely-to-pass Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act creates an unprecedented opportunity for Congress to act on this legislation.