Virginia House Bill 2231 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-2)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Group Violence Intervention Board; Division of Group Violence Intervention; Project Ceasefire Grant Fund; Project Exit Grant Fund. Establishes the Group Violence Intervention Board to coordinate and assist federal, state, and local group violence intervention efforts. The bill also establishes within the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) the Division of Group Violence Intervention (the Division), to be headed by an executive director appointed by the Director of the Department. The bill provides that the Division is responsible for (i) coordinating the efforts of members of state and local law enforcement, community members, and social services providers to combat group violence; (ii) serving as a clearinghouse for research, best practices, and strategies that may be utilized in the implementation, execution, and evaluation of group violence interventions; and (iii) implementing and administering various federal, state, and local grant funds that aid group violence intervention efforts. Finally, the bill creates the Project Ceasefire Grant Fund, which provides money to organizations that are involved in group violence intervention efforts, and creates the Project Exit Grant Fund, which provides money to organizations that assist former gang members or individuals attempting to leave gangs.

Group Violence Intervention Board and Division of Group Violence Intervention; established, report.

Del. Todd Gilbert [R]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Amanda Batten [R]	Del. Kathy Byron [R]
Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]	Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]
Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Del. Robert Orrock [R]	Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]	Del. Tony Wilt [R]	Del. Thomas Wright [R]

2021-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (17-Y 3-N) (Y: 17 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) (Y: 0 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	House	Left in Appropriations
2021-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	House	Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
2021-01-29	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-29	House	Reported from Public Safety with substitute (17-Y 3-N)
2021-01-29	House	Committee substitute printed 21103405D-H1
2021-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
2021-01-20	House	Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
2021-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2021-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101686D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2499.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2499.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	194	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	198	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2231
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2231+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2231H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103405D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/21103405.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2231F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H1502V0008+HB2231
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H15V0015+HB2231
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H0207V0015+HB2231