Alecia Magnifico

I oppose this bill because it weakens civil rights law and will make civil rights violations harder to prove. This adjustment in language forces prosecutors and victims to prove that the violation was a result of the perpetrator's hostility, but discriminatory actions do not always unfold in these ways. Sometime inaction is discriminatory, too, such as when disabled or chronically ill people lose access to a service or space because it becomes expensive or difficult to provide that access. It is already difficult to prove discrimination in such situations, and this law will only increase that burden.