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TexasTowelie

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Wed Feb 23, 2022, 10:17 PM Feb 2022

Senate sends Evers bills to create new penalties for retail theft

The Senate voted to create a mandatory minimum sentence for three or more convictions of retail theft.

Under AB 829, the minimum sentence for a third conviction would be 180 days if the convictions were within a five-year period. The convictions would have to be for acts committed on separate days. It passed via voice vote.

The Senate also approved AB 827, which would create a new penalty for five or more people committing multiple thefts in concert with each other.

Currently, theft carries penalties that range from a class A misdemeanor if the value is $2,500 or less to a class F felony if the property exceeds $100,000..

Read more: https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/senate-sends-evers-bills-to-create-new-penalties-for-retail-theft/

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Senate sends Evers bills to create new penalties for retail theft (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2022 OP
What about multiple drunk driving violations? milestogo Feb 2022 #1
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