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AL HB191
Bill
Status
3/23/2023
Primary Sponsor
Allen Treadaway
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AI Summary
HB191 Summary
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Establishes definitions and criteria for identifying gang members, including admissions of membership, identification by reliable informants, adoption of gang clothing/hand signs/tattoos, association with known gang members, and authored communications claiming gang-related crimes.
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Enhances criminal penalties for gang-related offenses: Class A felonies receive minimum 25-year sentences; Class B felonies are punished as Class A felonies; Class C felonies as Class B felonies; Class D felonies as Class C felonies.
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Mandates consecutive prison sentences for firearm possession during gang-related activity: minimum 5 years for possession, 7 years if brandished, 10 years if discharged, 10 years for short-barreled rifles/shotguns, and 30 years for machine guns, destructive devices, or silencer-equipped firearms.
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Requires juveniles age 16 and older to be tried as adults for any gang-related criminal activity, expanding existing law that only applied this requirement to certain specific felonies.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and governor approval.
Legislative Description
Relating to crimes and offenses; to add Article 12, commencing with Section 13A-6-260, to Chapter 6 of Title 13A to the Code of Alabama 1975, to identify gang members, to enhance penalties for any criminal activity that benefits, promotes, or furthers the interest of a gang, and to establish mandatory consecutive penalties for any firearm possession in certain circumstances; to amend Section 12-15-204, Code of Alabama 1975, to require any juvenile 16 years of age or older to be tried as an adult for any gang related criminal activity; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Last Action
Indefinitely Postpone
5/31/2023