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Senate committee backs adding gangs to Anti-Organized Criminal Enterprise law

2758382 · March 24, 2025
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Summary

A Senate committee voted to report a committee substitute for Senate Bill 617 that extends the state's Anti-Organized Criminal Enterprise Act to include gang activity and adopts a DOJ-derived definition of "gang."

A Senate committee on an unspecified date voted to report the committee substitute for Senate Bill 617 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass. The substitute would add "gang" activity to the state's Anti-Organized Criminal Enterprise Act and expand the existing organized-crime framework to reach certain gang conduct.

Counsel for the committee told members, "The committee substitute for senate bill 6 1 7, adds gang activity to…

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