Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits a "gay panic" legal defense in murder cases.

Highlights:

• Specifies that a “reasonable provocation,” for the purposes of determining a homicide or manslaughter conviction, does not include the discovery of or knowledge about the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this exclusion applies to circumstances in which the victim made a romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant, or the victim and the defendant had a romantic or sexual relationship (Sec. 1).

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