D.C. Code § 5-123.31

Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024
Section 5-123.31 - Definitions

For the purposes of this subtitle, the term:

(1) "Hate group" means an organization or group of individuals whose goals, activities, and advocacy are primarily or substantially based on a shared antipathy, hatred, hostility, or violence towards people of one or more different races, ethnicities, religions, nationalities, genders, or sexual or gender identities.
(2) "MPD" means the Metropolitan Police Department.
(3) "ODCA" means the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor.
(4) "White supremacy" means a hate group whose shared antipathy, hatred, hostility, or violence is based on the belief that white people are innately superior to other races.

D.C. Code § 5-123.31

Added by D.C. Law 24-345, § 125 , 70 DCR 000953, eff. 4/21/2023.