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Committee amends HB 2347 to keep auto-theft provision a misdemeanor and adds 'reason to know' culpability
Summary
Committee amended House Bill 23 47 to retain a misdemeanor penalty while adopting language that would criminalize knowing or having reason to know that property was stolen; committee passed the bill favorably as amended.
The Committee on Judiciary amended and passed House Bill 23 47, a bill that changes elements of the criminal theft statute and would alter the culpability requirement for some theft offenses.
Jason Thompson of the Revisor’s Office summarized the bill for the committee as having two principal parts: changing the culpability standard from “knowing property was stolen” to “knowing or having reason to know property or services were stolen,” and raising the penalty for theft of a motor vehicle valued under $1,500 to a severity level 10 nonperson felony.
Representative Carmichael offered an…
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