Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-1008

EPS 1008

State of Hate Report

Ms. Rausch and Messrs. O'Connor, Velis, Timilty, Tarr and Collins moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8000-1225, by adding the following words:- “; provided, that not later than March 1, 2025, the executive office of public safety and security shall submit to the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the clerks of the house and senate a report on the state of hate in the commonwealth, including but not limited to the number of bias-motivated incidents, without regard to whether the incidents constitute hate crimes, and any recommendations for combating prejudice in the commonwealth”; and by striking out the figure “$218,193” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$293,193”.