Virginia House Bill 1781 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-08 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Street gang; punishment for predicate act. Provides that any person who actively participates in or is a member of a criminal street gang and who knowingly and willfully participates in any predicate criminal act is guilty of a Class 5 felony (or a Class 4 felony if the perpetrator is an adult and the gang has a juvenile member). Current law requires that, for punishment of the crime of committing a predicate act, the act be committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang.

Street gang; punishment for predicate act.

Del. Todd Gilbert [R]

Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]

Del. Charles Poindexter [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-08		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2011-01-11		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2011-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11102323D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	46.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1781
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB1781+hil