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Senate committee hears bill to align credit-card-data fraud statute with venue, intent rules
Summary
The Senate Committee on State Affairs heard House Bill 272, which would change how prosecutors bring cases for fraudulent possession or use of credit- or debit-card information so those cases can be tried in more counties and with broader proof of intent. Law enforcement witnesses supported the change; the bill was left pending.
House Bill 272, carried to the Senate as a companion to Senate Bill 807, was presented to the Senate Committee on State Affairs as a measure to change prosecution rules for fraudulent possession or use of credit-card or debit-card information.
The bill would align a 2019 statute that criminalizes possession or fraudulent use of card data with an earlier 2019 statute that expanded venue and how prosecutors may prove intent. "The counterfeit…
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