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Senate panel considers bill to add gift‑card theft to financial‑card offense law and increase penalties
Summary
Senate Bill 84 would add possession or use of stolen gift cards or redemption information to the criminal use of a financial card statute and create tiered penalties tied to the value of goods obtained within a seven‑day period.
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard proponents on Senate Bill 84, a proposal to add certain gift‑card conduct to Kansas’s criminal use of a financial card statute and to apply tiered penalties based on the value of goods obtained within a seven‑day period.
The reviser told the committee the bill would amend KSA 21‑58‑28 to add two new offenses: acquiring or possessing a gift card or gift‑card redemption information without consent of the cardholder, issuer or seller; and related conduct. The bill would define terms including "gift card," "open loop gift card," "gift…
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