# Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 8-16-021 and 8-16-022 regarding declaration of disruptive youth gatherings, snap curfews and custody procedure.

- Record number: **SO2025-0021898**
- Type: Ordinance; category: Municipal Code Amendments
- Status: In Committee
- Sponsor: [Brian Hopkins](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/2) (2nd Ward)
- Committee: [Committee on Public Safety](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/public-safety)
- Submitted Date: Dec 18, 2025
- Introduction Date: Dec 18, 2025
- Official record: [Office of the City Clerk](https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matterId=C47A2ABC-32DC-F011-8543-001DD80C6DA5)

## Impact report

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This ordinance would amend Chicago Municipal Code Sections 8-16-021 and 8-16-022, which deal with declaring disruptive youth gatherings, snap curfews, and custody procedures; the Committee on Public Safety recommended that the full City Council pass it.

**Who it affects**

- **Young people**: The rules on declaring disruptive youth gatherings and snap curfews would change, but this report does not describe the new rules.
- **People attending large gatherings**: The ordinance deals with time-and-site curfews for mass gatherings, but this report does not give the details.
- **Police and city officials**: The procedure for taking people into custody under these code sections would be amended, but this report does not explain how.

**What changes**

- The rules for declaring a disruptive youth gathering would be amended.
- The rules for snap curfews, also called time-and-site curfews, at mass gatherings would be amended.
- The custody procedure in these code sections would be amended.
- The Committee on Public Safety voted unanimously on January 7, 2026 to recommend that the City Council pass the ordinance.

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