Organized Retail Crime

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A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-13-135, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT AND ASSOCIATED PENALTIES, SO AS TO REVISE THE PREVIOUS OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME AND ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME OF AN AGGRAVATED NATURE, TO PROVIDE A GRADUATED PENALTY STRUCTURE, AND TO REVISE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS.

Chamber: Senate
Introduced: Jan 14, 2025
Last action: Feb 26, 2025 — Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
Session: 2025-2026
Momentum: 56 · Moderate

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Floor Consideration — base rate 11%, measured from SC's completed sessions
Momentum +1 56/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 592 days quiet

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