Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 403

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: Increasing prison terms upon conviction for gang-related crimes and creating a criminal penalty. (FE)

Crime and criminals — Gang activity

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Assembly, not reached
Passes Senate, not reached
Governor signs, not reached
Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates an enhanced penalty for persons who are convicted of a crime

that a fact-finder determines to be gang-related. Under the bill, if a person is

convicted of a violation of the criminal code or of a violation related to a controlled

substance, and the violation was committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or

in association with a criminal gang or committed with the intent to promote or

otherwise assist any criminal conduct by criminal gang members, the term of

imprisonment for the crime may be increased.

Under the bill, if the underlying offense is a misdemeanor, the court may

increase the maximum term of imprisonment for the misdemeanor by up to six

months. The court may increase the maximum term of imprisonment for a Class A

to Class D felony by up to five years, for a Class E to Class G felony by up to four years,

and for a Class H or Class I felony by up to three years.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 2

Passed 10–2 Feb 2, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 32

Passed 63–32 Feb 18, 2016 official source full page