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Senate Bill 63 − Hate-Based Intimidation
This legislation recognizes that hate crimes are not limited to attacks based upon a person’s ethnicity and renames the statute “Hate-based Intimidation”. Hate-based intimidation includes attempting to cause or causing bodily injury, property damage, or threatening either causing reasonable fear of harm.
This legislation protects anyone from the crime of hate-based intimidation based on race, color, religion, or national origin, and adds those same protections for hate-based intimidation based on ancestry, sex, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, intellectual disability, physical or sensory disability or behavioral or mental health.
Over the past few years, hate-based acts of violence and destruction of property have dramatically risen across the US, including in Pennsylvania. Our current hate crimes statutes do no capture growing shares of identity-motivated violence. As civic leaders, we believe that we should unite in this effort to restore civility to public discourse, and that starts with naming hate-based intimidation and violence.
Senate Resolution 257 − Sexual Assault Awareness Month
This Resolution declares Abril 2022 as “Sexual Assault Awareness Month” in Pennsylvania.
Sexual assault has continued to be a serious social and public health issue in the United States. Everyday across the United States, thousands of people, regardless of cultural and economic backgrounds, are affected by rape and sexual assault. These experiences can be devastating for the survivor, as well as the survivor’s family and friends.
According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 67 men will be raped during their lives. Further, 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old. Members of the LGBTQIA+ community are much more likely to report having been sexually assaulted during their lifetime than heterosexual, cisgender individuals. It is imperative that we recognize the strength, courage, and challenges faced by victims and survivors of sexual violence.
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El senador Muth y la senadora Williams se unen a veteranos y cargos electos para pedir apoyo para los supervivientes del MST
HARRISBURG - 4 de octubre de 2023 - La senadora estatal Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) y la senadora Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) se unieron ayer en el Capitolio a la representante estatal Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D-Berks), a varios veteranos y a otros cargos electos para instar al Senado a...
PA Senate Dems Again Call for Legislative Window of Justice for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse & More Protections for the Future
Harrisburg, Pa. – Marzo 12, 2021 − Pennsylvania Senate Democrats held a press conference today to again call for immediate action to create a two-year window for adult survivors of sexual abuse currently barred from seeking justice due to statutory time limitations....
PA Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Get Justice for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Harrisburg, Pa. − Febrero 1, 2021 − Pennsylvania Senate Democrats will introduce legislation to statutorily create a two-year window for survivors of sexual abuse to seek justice on claims that previously would have been time barred. This legislative solution is...
La senadora Lindsey Williams anuncia 240.150 dólares en subvenciones de seguridad para grupos locales sin ánimo de lucro
Pittsburgh, Pa. - 11 de marzo de 2020 - El senador Lindsey M. Williams anunció hoy que la Comisión de Pensilvania sobre el Delito y la Delincuencia (PACCD) ha concedido 240.150 dólares a través del Fondo de Subvenciones de Seguridad sin fines de lucro a cinco organizaciones en todo el Distrito 38 del Senado. El...
La senadora Lindsey Williams anuncia más de 2,6 millones de dólares en subvenciones para la seguridad escolar y la prevención de la violencia en la comunidad
Pittsburgh, PA - 26 de febrero de 2020 - El senador Lindsey M. Williams anunció que diez distritos escolares dentro del Distrito 38 del Senado han recibido fondos de subvención a través del Programa de Subvenciones de Seguridad Escolar por un total de $ 1,826,315 dólares. Además, tres...
Members of Pa Senate Democratic Caucus Request Disaster Declaration on Gun Violence
Harrisburg, Pa. − Junio 24, 2019 − Members of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus today jointly sent a letter to Governor Tom Wolf requesting a disaster declaration for gun violence in the Commonwealth. “We believe it is necessary to raise the public’s awareness...
Senator Lindsey Williams Announces More than $800,000 in Funding to Alle-Kiski Area HOPE Center
Pittsburgh, Pa. − Junio 13, 2019 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams announced today that the Alle-Kiski Area HOPE Center has been awarded grants in two Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding programs through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). These...
Senator Lindsey Williams Speaks About Proposed Hate Crime Bills
Senate Democrats Jointly Introduce Bill to Eliminate Statute of Limitations for Sexual Offenses
HARRISBURG, PA − Abril 10, 2019 − Today, members of the Senate Democratic Caucus introduced legislation to eliminate the statute of limitations for sexual offenses and open a window for civil liability. The legislation was introduced as Senate Bill 540. “I...
Companion Legislation to Expand #MeToo PA Act Provisions Proposed by Democratic Senators
Harrisburg – Marzo 25, 2019 – Sens. Maria Collett (D-Bucks/Montgomery), Tim Kearney (D-Chester/Delaware), Katie Muth (D-Berks/Chester/Montgomery), Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks), and Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny) are sponsoring legislation to expand reforms included in the #MeToo PA General Assembly Act.