Indiana House Bill 1209 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 21 2017 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-23 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
Pending: Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Organized retail theft. Makes it organized retail theft, a Level 6 felony, for a person to knowingly: (1) take, procure, receive, conceal, or otherwise exercise control over merchandise of a retail merchant; or (2) use an artifice, an instrument, a container, a device, or another article to facilitate taking, procuring, receiving, concealing, or exercising control over merchandise of a retail merchant; without the consent of the retail merchant or without paying the appropriate consideration for the merchandise, and with the intent to sell, deliver, or distribute the merchandise to another person. Makes organized retail theft, in certain circumstances, a Level

Organized retail theft. Makes it organized retail theft, a Level 6 felony, for a person to knowingly: (1) take, procure, receive, conceal, or otherwise exercise control over merchandise of a retail merchant; or (2) use an artifice, an instrument, a container, a device, or another article to facilitate taking, procuring, receiving, concealing, or exercising control over merchandise of a retail merchant; without the consent of the retail merchant or without paying the appropriate consideration for the merchandise, and with the intent to sell, deliver, or distribute the merchandise to another person. Makes organized retail theft, in certain circumstances, a Level

Rep. Sharon Negele [R]

Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R]

Rep. Linda Lawson [D]

Sen. Eric Koch [R]

2017-02-20 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-02-08 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-23	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2017-02-21	House	Referred to the Senate
2017-02-20	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
2017-02-20	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 151: yeas 95, nays 0
2017-02-16	House	Amendment #1 (Negele) prevailed; voice vote
2017-02-16	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2017-02-09	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2017-01-26	House	Representative Lawson added as coauthor
2017-01-10	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2017-01-10	House	Coauthored by Representative Steuerwald
2017-01-10	House	Authored by Representative Negele

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1209/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/d/9/a/7d9ac26d/HB1209.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/5/e/0/05e0a0ee/HB1209.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/1/9/b/419b886d/HB1209.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/e/a/6/bea65f6c/HB1209.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/6/8/e/368ef6d2/HB1209.03.ENGH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/4/d/a/e4da6177/HB1209.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/f/8/03f88a12/HB1209.151.pdf