Organized retail theft; establishes as a crime, report, penalty. (HB1885)
Introduced By
Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg) with support from co-patron Del. Ellen Campbell (R-Rockbridge)
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
Organized retail theft; report; penalty. Establishes the crime of organized retail theft that makes it a Class 3 felony for any person who conspires or acts in concert with another person to commit simple larceny of retail property from one or more retail mercantile establishments, with a value exceeding $5,000 aggregated over a 90-day period, with the intent to sell such retail property for monetary or other gain, and who takes or causes such retail property to be placed in the control of a retail property fence or other person and either (i) receives or possesses any retail property that has been obtained by simple larceny from one or more retail mercantile establishments while knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe the property was unlawfully obtained or (ii) conspires or acts in concert with two or more other persons as an organizer, supervisor, financier, leader, or manager to engage for profit in a scheme or course of conduct to effectuate the transfer or sale of property obtained by simple larceny from one or more retail mercantile establishments. The bill defines the terms retail mercantile establishment, retail property, and retail property fence. The bill also establishes the Organized Retail Crime Fund to be administered by the Attorney General solely for the purposes of awarding grants to attorneys for the Commonwealth and law-enforcement agencies to investigate, indict, and prosecute violations of organized retail theft and associated fraud and property crimes. This bill is identical to SB 1396. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/10/2023 | Committee |
| 01/10/2023 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101037D |
| 01/10/2023 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/23/2023 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1885) |
| 01/24/2023 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 01/25/2023 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) |
| 01/25/2023 | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/27/2023 | Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/27/2023 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/27/2023 | Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety |
| 01/28/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1885) |
| 01/30/2023 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 01/30/2023 | Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/01/2023 | Read first time |
| 02/02/2023 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/03/2023 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/06/2023 | Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N) |
| 02/06/2023 | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/07/2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/07/2023 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 02/15/2023 | Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
| 02/15/2023 | Committee substitute printed 23106924D-S1 |
| 02/15/2023 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 02/16/2023 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1885S1) |
| 02/16/2023 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2023 | Read third time |
| 02/21/2023 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/21/2023 | Committee substitute agreed to 23106924D-S1 |
| 02/21/2023 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1885S1 |
| 02/21/2023 | Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1885S1) |
| 02/22/2023 | Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106924D-S1 (51-Y 46-N) |
| 02/22/2023 | VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2023 | Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House |
| 02/22/2023 | Senate substitute agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N) |
| 02/22/2023 | VOTE: Adoption #2 (52-Y 45-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/07/2023 | Enrolled |
| 03/07/2023 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1885ER) |
| 03/07/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1885ER) |
| 03/08/2023 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/08/2023 | Signed by President |
| 03/13/2023 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 |
| 03/13/2023 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
| 03/23/2023 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 357 (effective 7/1/23) |
| 03/23/2023 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357) |
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