Gangs

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Public Schools - Student Gang Activity - Records and Reporting [HB-1371] [Education ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring public schools to maintain a record of an individual determined to be a school gang member and the incidents that precipitated that determination; requiring the record to include specified information; requiring a record of a public school student determined to be a school gang member to be a part of an individual's permanent school record and to be reported to an individual's teachers; requiring specified records to be reported to a law enforcement unit; and defining the term "school gang member".

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means Withdrawn on 03/08/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety [HB-1312] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Establishing a Task Force to Study Creation of the Maryland Center for School Safety; providing that a member of the Task Force may not receive compensation but may be reimbursed for specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study establishing a clearinghouse for information and materials concerning school safety and developing a school safety training program, and to report findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2011; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker Favorable With Amendments Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Statewide Definition of Criminal Gang Member [HB-1307] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring all law enforcement agencies in the State to define "criminal gang member" as a person whose membership in a criminal gang is proven by specified criteria.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Criminal Gang Participation - Sentencing [HB-1269] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Altering a provision of law to require that a specified sentence for a violation of the prohibition against participation in a criminal gang under specified conditions be separate from and consecutive to a sentence for the underlying crime.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Criminal Gangs - Underlying Crime [HB-1265] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Gaming ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "underlying crime" for purposes of specified criminal gang offenses to add misdemeanor assaults, malicious destruction, human trafficking, receiving earnings of a prostitute, and betting, wagering, and gambling.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Gang Activity - Jurisdiction over Juvenile Offenders [HB-1260] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Excluding from the jurisdiction of juvenile court a child at least 16 years old who is alleged to have committed, as a member of a criminal gang, a specified act that would be a crime if committed by an adult; and providing for the application of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Definition of "Criminal Gang" [HB-1259] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "criminal gang" to include any association, instead of only an ongoing association, of three or more persons meeting specified criteria.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Restrictions on Pretrial Release - Criminal Gang Offenses [HB-1237] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant charged with a criminal gang offense if the defendant previously was convicted of a criminal gang offense; providing that a judge may authorize the pretrial release of a specified defendant on specified conditions; requiring a judge to order the continued detention of a specified defendant under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Criminal Gangs - Underlying Crimes, Sentencing, and Gang Leaders [HB-1235] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Adding specified felonies to the list of underlying crimes that may form the basis for conviction of participation in criminal gang activity; requiring a sentence imposed for a second or subsequent offense of participation in criminal gang activity to be separate from and consecutive to a sentence for a specified crime; establishing penalties for a conviction as a gang leader; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Truth in Sentencing - Criminal Gangs and Gun Crimes [HB-1229] [Crime ] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits by an inmate who is serving a sentence for violating a specified offense prohibiting participation in a criminal gang if the inmate's sentence includes a consecutive or concurrent sentence for specified offenses involving a firearm; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Criminal Gang Activity - Gang Solicitation [HB-1211] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from soliciting, inviting, recruiting, encouraging, or otherwise causing or attempting to cause an individual to participate in a criminal gang; and applying a misdemeanor penalty that imposes on a person who is convicted of a violation of the Act a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Forfeiture of Property - Criminal Gang Offenses [HB-1181] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Authorizing the seizure of specified property used or intended for use in connection with criminal gang activity; establishing procedures to be followed for the forfeiture of specified property; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/12/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Education - Offenses Reportable to School Authorities [HB-1165] [Education ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Amending specified definitions, including the definition of "reportable offense," to include specified violations of the Criminal Law Article and the attempt to commit specified crimes; and requiring a law enforcement agency to report the arrest of a student for a reportable offense to a local superintendent and the public or nonpublic school principal.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey Hearing 3/3 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2010

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2010 Regular Session

Safe Schools Act of 2010 [HB-1160] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Clarifying the authority of the juvenile court to notify specified school officials that a child has been found to be delinquent, in need of assistance, or in need of supervision and committed to a specified agency under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to notify specified school officials if a child found to be delinquent, in need of assistance, or in need of supervision is no longer committed to the custody of specified agencies; adding specified offenses to a specified list of offenses; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010

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State (Texas)
Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a central database containing information about certain violent offenders who are members of a criminal street gang. [SB-938] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to a central database containing information about certain violent offenders who are members of a criminal street gang.

Sponsored by: Sen. John Carona Read First Time on 03/09/2009

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State (Texas)
Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for certain criminal offenses involving a criminal street gang. [SB-937] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for certain criminal offenses involving a criminal street gang.

Sponsored by: Sen. John Carona Left Pending In Committee on 05/06/2009

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State (Texas)
Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the creation of the offense of directing the activities of a criminal street gang. [SB-849] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the creation of the offense of directing the activities of a criminal street gang.

Sponsored by: Sen. Eliot Shapleigh Read First Time on 03/04/2009

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State (Texas)
Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Relating to civil liability for criminal street gang activity that violates a court-ordered injunction. [SB-551] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to civil liability for criminal street gang activity that violates a court-ordered injunction.

Sponsored by: Sen. John Carona Referred To Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence on 04/29/2009

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State (Texas)
Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the conditions of community supervision that may be imposed on a defendant with regard to association with a member of a criminal street gang. [SB-423] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the conditions of community supervision that may be imposed on a defendant with regard to association with a member of a criminal street gang.

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Moody Placed On General State Calendar on 05/22/2009

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State (Texas)
Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the compilation, maintenance, and release of information in a criminal street gang intelligence database by law enforcement agencies and criminal justice agencies. [SB-418] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ]
Relating to the compilation, maintenance, and release of information in a criminal street gang intelligence database by law enforcement agencies and criminal justice agencies.

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Moody Effective On 9/1/09 on 06/19/2009

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