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CS/HB 549: Theft

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Rommel ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Botana ; Canady ; Chaney ; Holcomb ; Leek ; Roth ; Snyder ; Tant ; Truenow ; Tuck ; Yeager

Theft; Reducing minimum threshold amount for grand theft of third degree; creates new offense of grand theft offenses; provides enhanced criminal penalties for committing petit theft of first degree & having certain previous convictions; revises number of thefts required within specified aggregation period required to commit specified violation for retail theft; revises specified timeframes in which individual acts of retail theft may be aggregated; prohibits retail theft with specified number of other persons for specified purpose; prohibits retail theft when social media platform is used to solicit participation; requires person convicted of retail theft to pay specified restitution.

Effective Date: 10/1/2024
Last Action: 4/9/2024 - Chapter No. 2024-69
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/20/2023 House • Filed
11/30/2023 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
1/8/2024 House • PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
1/9/2024 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/10/2024 House • Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
1/11/2024 House • Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
1/22/2024 House • Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
1/24/2024 House • Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Now in Judiciary Committee
2/12/2024 House • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
2/14/2024 House • Favorable by Judiciary Committee
• Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• Bill released to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/15/2024 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
2/21/2024 House • Read 2nd time
• Amendment 226775 Failed
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
2/22/2024 House • Read 3rd time
• CS passed; YEAS 84, NAYS 31
2/22/2024 Senate • In Messages
2/23/2024 Senate • Referred to Fiscal Policy
2/27/2024 Senate • Received
3/5/2024 Senate • Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy -SJ 715
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/SB 1222 -SJ 715
• Read 2nd time -SJ 715
• Amendment(s) adopted (942840) -SJ 715
• Read 3rd time -SJ 721
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 3 -SJ 721
3/5/2024 House • In Messages
3/7/2024 House • Added to Senate Message List
• Amendment 942840 Concur
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 27
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
4/8/2024 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
4/9/2024 • Approved by Governor
• Chapter No. 2024-69