Criminal Street Gang Act; adds burglary and shooting to list of predicate criminal acts. (HB167)

Introduced By

Del. Brenda Pogge (R-Williamsburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Criminal street gangs; predicate criminal act. Adds burglary and shooting into an occupied dwelling to the list of predicate criminal acts for which a person committing such act may be convicted under the criminal street gang act. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/06/2010Committee
01/06/2010Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101186D
01/06/2010Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/11/2010Impact statement from VCSC (HB167)
01/13/2010Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/11/2010Impact statement from DPB (HB167)
02/16/2010Left in Courts of Justice

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SB142.

Comments

Linda McCausland writes:

I am against this bill because it fails to protect the youth who happen to just be with a brother or cousin who commit these crimes. This youth would be severely charged by additional time with adults because of wanted to be with older peers. Juvniles do not respond to penal enhancements because their brains are unable to process this way from their immaturity. Juveniles who are incarcerated with adults have a high recivitism rate. As a society, we would be setting the juvenile up for failure and for setting society up for a hardened criminal.