Maryland Senate Bill 11

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-07 - Referred Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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.

Organized Retail Theft Act of 2025

Sen. Ron Watson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-07	House	Referred Judiciary
2025-02-06	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2025-02-04	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2025-02-04	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2025-02-03	Senate	Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2025-01-09	Senate	Hearing 1/21 at 2:30 p.m.
2025-01-08	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2024-09-30	Senate	Pre-filed

HB179 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-10 - Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	7	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Criminal Law	7	104.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0011?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0011f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0011t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/sb0011_jpr.pdf