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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 15, 2024
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2594
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2594 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2594 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill establishes the criminal offense of organized retail theft.7C, from a retail establishment. The bill defines “retail theft enterprise” to mean a group of two or more individuals with a shared goal involving the unauthorized removal of retail merchandise from a retailer. “Retail theft enterprise” does not require the membership of the enterprise to remain the same or that the same individuals participate in each offense committed by the enterprise. The bill also defines “retail establishment”, “retail merchandise”, “retailer”, and “value”.
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7C; and the person or another member of the retail theft enterprise sells or intends to sell the stolen retail merchandise, advertises or displays any item of the stolen retail merchandise for sale, or returns any item of the stolen retail merchandise to a retailer for anything of value. _____ value of the property stolen is more than $500 but not more than $1,000, or the value of the property is $500 or less and the person commits the offense within years of a previous conviction under the bill or one of the other qualifying offenses and the person received a felony or aggravated misdemeanor sentence for the offense; or a serious misdemeanor if the value of the property stolen is $500 or less. The bill provides that the value of the retail merchandise received by the defendant in violation of the bill within any six-month period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly. The bill provides that if a violation of the bill creates a reasonably foreseeable risk of bodily harm to another, the penalties described in the bill are enhanced as follows: if the penalty is a serious misdemeanor or an aggravated misdemeanor, the offense shall be classified and punished as an offense one degree higher than the underlying offense; if the penalty is a felony, the offense shall be classified and punished as an offense one degree higher than the underlying offense. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
House subcommittee
Named February 13, 2024. On February 14, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: February 14, 2024 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
Fiscal note
House File 2594 creates new criminal offenses, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to a lack of existing conviction data. Figure 2 shows the average State cost per offense for a Class C felony, a Class D felony, an aggravated misdemeanor, and a serious misdemeanor.
- Final Fiscal Note — Organized Retail Theft, Penalties · May 3, 2024
- Organized Retail Theft, Penalties · February 26, 2024
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§714.2B
Lobbying
7 for · 0 against · 6 undecided · Who →
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