Legislation

Title: Criminal Law - Organized Retail Theft
Sponsored by: Delegates Toles, Pasteur, Schmidt, Phillips, Tomlinson, Arikan, Taylor, Valentine, Kaufman, and Cardin
Status: In the Senate - Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be joined and prosecuted in any county in which any one of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from committing a series of thefts from retail merchants over a 90-day period with an aggregate value exceeding $1,500; requiring a court to make a finding as to whether a certain crime is organized retail theft under certain circumstances for a certain purpose; etc.

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Original:: Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Judicial Proceedings

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Introduced in a prior session as: HB0446 Session: 2021 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2024

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/02/2024 Legislative Date 2/02/2024 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Organized Retail Theft – Venue for Prosecution, Warrantless Arrest Authority, and Court Finding Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/06/2024 Legislative Date 2/06/2024 Action Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/05/2024 Legislative Date 4/05/2024 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/05/2024 Legislative Date 3/25/2024 Action Favorable with Amendments {403020/1 Adopted Proceedings 64 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/05/2024 Legislative Date 3/25/2024 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 64 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Criminal Law - Organized Retail Theft Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/06/2024 Legislative Date 3/26/2024 Action Third Reading Passed (135-0) Proceedings 65 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/06/2024 Legislative Date 3/23/2024 Action Referred Rules Proceedings 68 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/08/2024 Legislative Date 4/08/2024 Action Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/02/2024	2/02/2024	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Organized Retail Theft – Venue for Prosecution, Warrantless Arrest Authority, and Court Finding
House	2/06/2024	2/06/2024	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary	Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/05/2024	4/05/2024	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
House	4/05/2024	3/25/2024	Favorable with Amendments {403020/1 Adopted	64 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/05/2024	3/25/2024	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	64 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Criminal Law - Organized Retail Theft
House	4/06/2024	3/26/2024	Third Reading Passed (135-0)	65 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	4/06/2024	3/23/2024	Referred Rules	68 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	4/08/2024	4/08/2024	Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings

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