Hate Crimes Laws

United States Map

Details:
  • States with hate crimes law covering only sexual orientation: AZ, DE, FL, IL, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MA, NE, NV, NH, NY, RI, TN, TX, and WI.
  • States with hate crimes law covering sexual orientation and gender identity/expression: CA, CO, CT, DC, HI, MD, MN, MO, NJ, NM, OR, VT, and WA.
  • UT has a general hate crimes law that does not enumerate categories of crimes.
Key:
 
Hate crimes law covering sexual orientation
Law also covers gender identity/expression
 
 
Data current as of 12/07/2009