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Panel advances bill creating organized retail‑crime offense with steep penalties for repeated or aggravated thefts
Summary
A bill to create organized retail crime and an aggravated form of the offense passed out of committee; penalties scale with theft amounts and repeat offenses, and include fines and prison terms up to 20 years for high‑value or aggravated incidents.
A Senate bill that would create a new organized retail‑crime offense and an aggravated organized‑retail‑crime offense advanced in committee with a favorable recommendation.
The measure defines organized retail crime as thefts of retail property committed by two or more people in concert and creates four graduated penalty tiers for a first offense based on the value…
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