VA HB868 | 2010 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
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.
Title
Criminal street gang; any person who by telephone solicits another is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-16 | House: Left in Courts of Justice | |
| 2010-01-13 | House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | |
| 2010-01-13 | House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102339D |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB868 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB868+hil |
