Gangs

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Criminal Organizations – Penalties and Procedure [SB-745]
Replacing the term "gang" as it pertains to certain prohibitions against participation in a criminal gang with the term "organization"; requiring certain local jurisdictions to use certain divested assets for certain purposes under certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General, in consultation with the Maryland State's Attorneys Association, to develop a plan for a formal process for oversight of prosecutions of offenses involving criminal organizations; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Hough Referred Judiciary on 03/16/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Correctional Facilities - Individuals Subject to Immigration Detainer - Homeland Security Notification [SB-197]
Requiring a State or local correctional facility that is notified by the United States Department of Homeland Security that a certain individual is subject to an immigration detainer to provide a certain notice to the Department at least 72 hours before the individual is released from the facility if the individual is charged with or convicted of certain violations; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2020

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments. [SB-1856]
Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Whitmire Read First Time on 03/23/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

General Provisions - Commemorative Days - International Gang Awareness Day [HB-841]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the third Monday in September as International Gang Awareness Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge communities and criminal justice professionals throughout the State and the United States to take a stand against gangs and the threat that gangs pose to public safety.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments. [HB-2931]
Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Whitmire Effective On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . on 06/15/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records. [SB-1288]
Confidentiality of Department of Juvenile Justice records; gang task forces. Permits the Department of Juvenile Justice to disclose, at its discretion, the social reports and records of children who are committed to the Department to a gang task force, provided that its membership (i) consists of only representatives of state or local government or (ii) includes a law-enforcement officer who is present at the time of the disclosure. This bill is identical to HB 2287.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0210) on 02/23/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Street gang; third or subsequent conviction of crimes, penalty. [HB-2256]
Third or subsequent conviction of street gang crimes; penalty. Provides that for purposes of imposing the Class 3 felony penalty for a third or subsequent conviction for criminal street gang participation or recruitment for a criminal street gang, prior convictions include findings of not innocent or adjudications of delinquency in the case of a juvenile.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Collins Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records. [HB-2287]
Confidentiality of Department of Juvenile Justice records; gang task forces. Permits the Department of Juvenile Justice to disclose, at its discretion, the social reports and records of children who are committed to the Department to a gang task force, provided that its membership (i) consists of only representatives of state or local government or (ii) includes a law-enforcement officer who is present at the time of the disclosure. This bill is identical to SB 1288.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Collins Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0207) on 02/23/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to creating the offense of intimidation by a member of a criminal street gang. [HB-731]
Relating to creating the offense of intimidation by a member of a criminal street gang.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dwayne Bohac Returned To Committee on 05/09/2017

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