A bill to establish a United States Commission on Hate Crimes to study and make recommendations on the prevention of the commission of hate crimes, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4598 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4598 To establish a United States Commission on Hate Crimes to study and make recommendations on the prevention of the commission of hate crimes, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 20, 2026 Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a United States Commission on Hate Crimes to study and make recommendations on the prevention of the commission of hate crimes, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds as follows: (1) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (referred to in this section as the ``FBI'') defines a hate crime as a criminal offense, such as murder, arson, or vandalism, against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender's bias against a race, color, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity. (2) Forty-six States and the District of Columbia have statutes criminalizing various types of bias-motivated violence or intimidation. (3) Congress has enacted various statutes to address hate crimes since 1968, with the most recent statute, the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (Public Law 117-113; 135 Stat. 265), enacted in 2021. (4) In 2024, the FBI reported 11,323 single-bias incidents, involving 13,768 victims. (5) Hate crimes not only damage the individual victim or victims but also traumatize entire communities and erode public confidence in their safety. (6) In 2024-- (