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Senate advances gang-related sentencing changes and raises some felony thresholds
Summary
Senators advanced SB 10 to enhance penalties for crimes committed in association with criminal street gangs, adjust the aggravated-assault standard, and raise some monetary thresholds for felony theft; the bill carries an estimated fiscal note of about $50,000 this year and was placed on the third-reading calendar.
Senate Bill 10, described by sponsor Senator Greiner as the "heart of the gang legislation," was presented to the Senate and advanced to the third-reading calendar following a roll-call vote.
Greiner told colleagues the bill enhances penalties for crimes committed in concert with two or more people or when offenses are associated with a criminal street gang. It…
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