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House approves organized-retail-theft measure to let prosecutors aggregate losses and pursue felonies
Utah House of Representatives · January 16, 2007
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Summary
House Bill 4 would treat repeated or large‑scale ‘boosting’ as aggregated unlawful activity so prosecutors can charge offenders based on total value and patterns of conduct; sponsor cited baby formula thefts, warehouses and links to broader trafficking networks. The House passed the bill and sent it to the Senate.
Representative Ray presented House Bill 4, Organized Retail Theft, describing large‑scale shoplifting operations ('boosting') that take goods—often in large quantities such as baby formula—and place them into warehouses for resale,…
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