Virginia House Bill 1617 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Group Violence Intervention Board; Division of Group Violence Intervention; Project Ceasefire Grant Fund; Project Exile 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 Exile Grant Fund, which provides money to organizations that assist former gang members or individuals attempting to leave gangs.

Group Violence Intervention Board; established, Division of Group Violence Intervention, etc.

Del. Jason Miyares [R]	Del. Todd Gilbert [R]	Del. Joseph McNamara [R]	Del. Chris Runion [R]
Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Amanda Batten [R]	Del. Kirkland Cox [R]	Del. Carrie Coyner [R]
Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Keith Hodges [R]
Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Del. James Leftwich [R]	Del. Charles Poindexter [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]
Del. Tony Wilt [R]	Del. Thomas Wright [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

2020-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in General Laws
2020-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2020-01-31	House	Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process
2020-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-31	House	Referred from Public Safety by voice vote
2020-01-16	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-01-16	House	Presented and ordered printed 20102844D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2496	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2497	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	191	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	195	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1617
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1617+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1101V0058+HB1617