Grand larceny and certain property crimes; increases threshold amount of money taken, etc., to $500. (HB173)
Introduced By
Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax Station)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $200 to $500 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/22/2017 | Committee |
| 12/22/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101169D |
| 12/22/2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/15/2018 | Referred from Courts of Justice |
| 01/15/2018 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
| 02/01/2018 | Referred from Rules |
| 02/01/2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/05/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB173) |
| 02/15/2018 | Left in Courts of Justice |
Comments
The ACLU of VA supports increasing the Felony Larceny threshold to $1,500. While this bill is a step in the right direction, increasing it to $500 does not even keep up with inflation, which would put the threshold closer to $600 compared to 1980s dollar amount (which is the last time the threshold was increased)
Hopefully, we can raise this to $1,500 in the 2019 legislative session. This would be a first step but at $500, this bill does not account for inflation.