HB 948

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Criminal Law - Organized Retail Theft

Sponsor: Karen Toles (District 25)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be joined and prosecuted in any county in which any one of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from committing a series of thefts from retail merchants over a 90-day period with an aggregate value exceeding $1,500; requiring a court to make a finding as to whether a certain crime is organized retail theft under certain circumstances for a certain purpose; etc.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list

FAV 19FavorableUNF 3Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Aqeel, Raza	7-11	Oral
FAV	Neumeyer, Mica	7-Eleven	Oral
FAV	Dohoney, Laura	Anne Arundel County Police	Oral
FAV	WADE, MELISSA	Cape Ace Hardware	Oral
FAV	Shoemaker, Jr., Haven	Carroll County State's Attorney's Office	Oral
FAV	Rice Moore, Justin	ICSC Maryland Government Relations Committee	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fitzsimons, Dermot	Macys	Oral
FAV	TOLES, KAREN	Maryland General Assembly	Oral
FAV	locklair, caileylobbyist	Maryland Retailers Association	Oral
FAV	Shoemaker, Jason	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Spangler, Adam	Office of Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gamberini, Brian	The Home Depot Government Relations	Oral
FAV	Wills, Julian	The Wills Group, Inc. dba Dash In Convenience Stores	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bagwell, Ashlielobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Toles, Delegate Toleslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
FAV	O'Halloran, Mike	Individual	Oral
FAV	Raine, James	Individual	Position only
FAV	Suri, Sarabjit	Individual	Oral
UNF	Brown, Gregorylobbyist	ACLU of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Miller, Linda	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hilliard, Elizabeth	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

7-11FAV 1

7-ElevenFAV 1

ACLU of MarylandUNF 1

Anne Arundel County PoliceFAV 1

Cape Ace HardwareFAV 1

Carroll County State's Attorney's OfficeFAV 1

ICSC Maryland Government Relations CommitteeFAV 1

MacysFAV 1

Maryland General AssemblyFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderUNF 1

Maryland Retailers AssociationFAV 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationFAV 1

Office of Attorney GeneralFAV 1

The Home Depot Government RelationsFAV 1

The Wills Group, Inc. dba Dash In Convenience StoresFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVlocklair, caileyMaryland Retailers AssociationRegistered for: HPSO Investments LLC, T/A Riverboat on the Potomac; Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association

FAVBagwell, AshlieRegistered for: AbbVie Inc.; Aligned Data Centers; American Academy of Anesthesiology Assistants, Inc.; Atmosphere Data Centers LLC; Baltimore Civic Fund, Inc.; Beltway Fine Wine…

UNFBrown, GregoryACLU of MarylandRegistered for: American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland; ACLU of Maryland