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SB300

To Create the Criminal Offense of Organized Retail Theft.

Gilmore · 2025 Regular Session · Notification that SB300 is now Act 321 · Act 321

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TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT.

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House Convenes

March 12, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “SB300 Gilmore Beaty, Jr. TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF ORGANI…”

vote of 98, yeah, zero nay, and 0 present. The bill is passed. Madam Clerk, please read Senate Bill 300. 300 by Representative Beatty to create the criminal
you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, uh, Senate Bill 300, uh, is a, is an act or a bill that would create the criminal offense of organized retail crime. Uh, this bill is important for protecting retail b...
Representative Howard M. Beaty, Jr. · 56:30 in the video
anyone like to speak for the bill? Representative Beatty is closed for the bill. Question before the house is the passage of Senate Bill 300. Prepare the machine, Madam Clark. So everyone voted.
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House Convenes

March 11, 2025

Matched: “…tees and who was referred House Bill 1629, Senate Bill 298, Senate Bill 300, Senate Bill 301, vaguely reporting the same consideration…”

...Mr. Speaker, your committee on Judiciary Committees and who was referred House Bill 1629, Senate Bill 298, Senate Bill 300, Senate Bill 301, vaguely reporting the same consideration here for the same recommendation they do pass especiallyly

Judiciary Committee- House

March 11, 2025 · Judiciary Committee (House) · on the agenda

Matched: “SB300 Gilmore TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF ORGANIZED RETAIL…”

...Senate bills and then we'll come back to representing Gassway on your last bill, uh, representative. Betty I believe you're the house sponsor on Senate Bill 300. Are you ready to present that today? I like that fired up enthusiastic answer.
Chair (Representative Carol Dalby) · 1:15:26 in the video
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Judiciary Committee - Senate

March 10, 2025 · Judiciary Committee (Senate & House)

Matched: “…s, and this is my thought because what gave me this idea is Senate Bill 300. That Senator Gilmore ran last week, which has language in…”

...hat the real issue is, and this is my thought because what gave me this idea is Senate Bill 300. That Senator Gilmore ran last week, which has language in it. That bill was about retail theft, and you may not shoplift enough at one time to ...
Senator Clarke Tucker · 4:36 in the video
...ect to life imprisonment without parole, and and I'm in agreement with that. Um, you know, this is the question I have is in some ways it's whether this goes far enough because the value of Senate Bill 300 was To not to lower the penalty. I
Senator Clarke Tucker · 7:23 in the video
that I would make is Senate Bill 300 deals in aggregating a monetary value which can be easily ascertained over a period of time versus when prosecuting a claim and needing to look at some sort of like pattern of behavior, I think, you know...

Senate Convenes

March 6, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “SB300 Gilmore TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF ORGANIZED RETAIL…”

to the house. Senate Bill 300. It's about 300
...which is you and me in this chamber, um, and certainly our constituents back home. So with that Senate Bill 300 creates a new uh section within in the Criminal Code section and and in the theft section that is titled Organized retail theft.
Senator Ben Gilmore · 1:53:20 in the video
of 34, 0 nay. Senate Bill 300 passes, please transmit to the house. Senate Bill 301. Send 301 by Centra Gilmore, to amend the law concerning theft
...now we can put organized crime type language in legis l ation because it was in Senate Bill 300, which Senator Gilmore just ran a well written bill, and I give him and the stakeholders who worked on that credit for that, but that language i...
Senator Clarke Tucker · 2:01:41 in the video
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Judiciary Committee - Senate

March 5, 2025 · Judiciary Committee (Senate & House) · on the agenda

Matched: “bill. Thank you. Um, Senate Bill 300 we'll start with. It's a pretty simple bill members, um, an…”

bill. Thank you. Um, Senate Bill 300 we'll start with. It's a pretty simple bill members, um, and I think it's a very thoughtful bill when you look at how it's it's written and it contemplates, I think, um, a lot and and so happy to get int...
Senator Ben Gilmore · 17:17 in the video
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