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2004 SESSION

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HB 572 Gangs; definition of criminal street gang.

Introduced by: David B. Albo | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Crimes by gangs; definitions. Includes within the definition of "criminal street gang" the current definition of "pattern of criminal gang activity."

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Crimes by gangs; definitions; penalties. Includes within the definition of "criminal street gang" the current definition of "pattern of criminal gang activity." The bill eliminates the definition of "act of violence" and expands the scope of the act by amending the definition of "predicate criminal act" to include all felonies and additional misdemeanors such as assault and battery by mob, hazing of a student on school property, reckless handling of firearms, allowing access to firearms by children, oral threats to school employees, stalking, petit larceny, distribution of certain drugs to minors, willful discharge of a firearm in a public place, brandishing a firearm in a public place, carrying a loaded firearm, carrying certain concealed weapons, possession of certain weapons on school property, participation in a riot, unlawful assembly, and disorderly conduct.