Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.

Summary

The bill amends the state’s bias‑intimidation statute to include Sikhism among protected classes, so hate‑based crimes targeting Sikhs can be prosecuted as bias intimidation. It also sets aside $100,000 for related purposes. The change seeks to better protect the roughly 100,000 Sikhs living in New Jersey from growing anti‑Sikh bias.

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