Grand larceny; increases threshold amount. (SB220)
Introduced By
Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Springfield)
Progress
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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. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes. This bill was incorporated into SB 105. Read the Bill »
Status
01/15/2018: Incorporated into Another Bill
History
Date | Action |
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01/03/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100828D |
01/03/2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/15/2018 | Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB105-Suetterlein) (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
Comments
The Effects of Changing Felony Theft Thresholds
More evidence that higher values have not led to increased property crime or larceny rates http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2017/04/the-effects-of-changing-felony-theft-thresholds
The absurdly low threshold for this felony leads to an over-criminalization of essentially petty thefts. Therefore, not only should it pass, the threshold could be raised even higher due to inflation. MDP
This is an extremely important bill. The threshold hasn't been changed since 1980 and is the lowest in the country.
Shouldn't it be automatically increased to be tied to future inflation?