HB 2712 - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB)

Calls for the governor's juvenile justice advisory committee to issue a request for proposal to implement five pilot projects throughout the state that focus on combating criminal street gangs and violence.

Establishes a grant program to local law enforcement agencies.

Provides for a statewide gang information database.

Addresses civil injunctions.

Provides for an increase in sentences for adults who recruit juveniles, expansion of the list of aggravating factors, community custody for unlawful possession of a firearm, and requires courts to notify department of corrections and jails that an offender is a gang member.

Makes subsequent convictions of malicious mischief 3 a gross misdemeanor offense.

Provides for a civil cause of action for graffiti and tagging and defines criminal street gangs.

Establishes a gang relocation assistance program.

Requires a study on best practices to reduce gang involvement while incarcerated.

Makes appropriations.