Organized retail theft; establishes as a crime, report, penalty. (SB1396)
Introduced By
Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland) with support from co-patron Sen. Bill DeSteph (R-Virginia Beach)
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 HB 1885. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2023 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101935D |
| 01/11/2023 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 01/12/2023 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1396) |
| 01/30/2023 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/30/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1396) |
| 01/30/2023 | Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/30/2023 | Incorporates SB1296 (DeSteph) |
| 01/30/2023 | Committee substitute printed 23104438D-S1 |
| 01/30/2023 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 01/31/2023 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1396S1) |
| 01/31/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1396S1) |
| 02/02/2023 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/03/2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2023 | Floor substitute printed 23106361D-S2 (Surovell) |
| 02/06/2023 | Read second time |
| 02/06/2023 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/06/2023 | Committee substitute agreed to (21-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2023 | Title replaced 23104438D-S1 |
| 02/06/2023 | Floor Substitute by Senator Surovell ruled out of order |
| 02/06/2023 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1396S1 |
| 02/07/2023 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1396S2) |
| 02/07/2023 | Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/08/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1396S2) |
| 02/10/2023 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/10/2023 | Read first time |
| 02/10/2023 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/13/2023 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/13/2023 | Committee substitute printed 23106694D-H1 |
| 02/14/2023 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1396H1) |
| 02/15/2023 | Read second time |
| 02/16/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1396H1) |
| 02/16/2023 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/17/2023 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/20/2023 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/21/2023 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/22/2023 | Floor substitute printed 23107160D-H2 (Byron) |
| 02/22/2023 | Read third time |
| 02/22/2023 | Committee on Courts of Justice substitute rejected 23106694D-H1 |
| 02/22/2023 | Substitute by Delegate Byron agreed to 23107160D-H2 |
| 02/22/2023 | Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB1396H2 |
| 02/22/2023 | Passed House with substitute (52-Y 44-N) |
| 02/22/2023 | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 44-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1396H2) |
| 02/23/2023 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1396H2) |
| 02/23/2023 | House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2023 | Title replaced 23106694D-H1 |
| 03/07/2023 | Enrolled |
| 03/07/2023 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1396ER) |
| 03/07/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1396ER) |
| 03/08/2023 | Signed by President |
| 03/08/2023 | Signed by Speaker |
| 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 358 (effective 7/1/23) |
| 03/23/2023 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358) |
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