ORS § 166.165 : CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER; FIREARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS; RACKETEERING —BIAS CRIME — Bias crime in the first degree

(1) A person commits a bias crime in the first degree if the person:
(a) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes physical injury to another person because of the person's perception of the other person's race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or national origin;
(b) With criminal negligence causes physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon because of the person's perception of the other person's race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or national origin; or
(c) Intentionally, because of the person's perception of another person's race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or national origin, places another person in fear of imminent serious physical injury.
(2) A bias crime in the first degree is a Class C felony.

ORS 166.165

Amended by 2019 Ch. 553,§ 2, eff. 7/15/2019.
1981 c.785 §2; 1983 c.521 §2; 1989 c.1029 §2; 1993 c.332 §1; 1995 c.79 §53; 1997 c.249 §50; 2007 c. 100, § 19; 2011 c. 421, § 2
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