ATLANTA (AP) — A bill to define antisemitism in Georgia law stalled in 2023 over how it should be worded.
Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe committee also advanced Senate Bill 359 on a split vote.
The law would also make any two crimes subject to Georgia's hate crimes law eligible for prosecution under the state's expansive anti-racketeering statute.
Arkansas passed such a law last year, and like in Georgia, a South Carolina measure passed one chamber in 2023.
Others don’t oppose a law, but object to the measure defining antisemitism by referring to a definition adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
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