Criminal street gang; any person who by telephone solicits another is guilty of a Class 6 felony. (SB530)

Introduced By

Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville) with support from co-patron Sen. Steve Martin (R-Chesterfield)

Description

Solicitation to become a gang member; penalty. Provides that any person who, by telephone or by any electronically transmitted communication producing a visual or electronic message, solicits, invites, recruits, encourages or otherwise causes or attempts to cause another to actively participate in or become a member of what he knows to be a criminal street gang is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currently, such solicitation by any method of communication is a Class 1 misdemeanor.   View Full Text »

Outcome

No Richmond Sunlight visitors voted on this bill while voting was open.