Ch. SL 2026-37
Summary
The bill adds definitions of criminal gangs and creates new felony offenses for recruiting, encouraging, or soliciting gang activity, including online communications. It also prohibits anyone identified by a court as a gang member from buying, possessing, or using firearms and from using a gun to further a drug felony or violent crime. Additionally, it appropriates funds to hire two resource prosecutors and one district‑attorney investigator to focus on gang prosecutions.
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