Virginia Senate Bill 592 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-02 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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.

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

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

2022-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N 1-A) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-02	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
2022-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2022-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101708D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2499.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2499.9	(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?221+sum+SB592
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB592+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105278D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S03V0096+SB0592