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Utah House clarifies shoplifting penalties in Senate Bill 13

Utah House of Representatives · February 12, 2014
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Summary

Senate Bill 13, sponsored in the House by Rep. Ray, adjusts escalation of shoplifting penalties to avoid an unintended jump to felony for certain low-value repeat offenses; the House approved the bill unanimously, 73–0.

Representative Paul Ray presented Senate Bill 13 as a narrowly targeted change to theft statutes to correct how repeat shoplifting offenses escalate. Ray said the bill aligns the escalation so that a repeat offense moves a…

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