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2021 SESSION
HB 2231 Group Violence Intervention Board and Division of Group Violence Intervention; established, report.
Introduced by: C. Todd Gilbert | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Group Violence Intervention Board; Division of Group Violence Intervention; Project Ceasefire Grant Fund; Project Exit Grant Fund; report. 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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101686D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103405D-H1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101686D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/20/21 House: Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
- 01/21/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
- 01/21/21 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103405D-H1
- 01/29/21 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (17-Y 3-N)
- 01/29/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 02/01/21 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Left in Appropriations