Mississippi Senate Bill 2612

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Organized Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; To Define Terms; To Create The Crime Of Organized Retail Theft; To Provide Penalties For The Crime Of Organized Retail Theft Based On The Retail Value Of The Merchandise Stolen; To Provide That Any Proceeds, Property Obtained By Proceeds, Or Instruments Of The Crimes Of Organized Retail Theft May Be Subject To Forfeiture; To Require The Court To Order Restitution And Payment Of Investigative Costs; To Set Forth The Venue For The Criminal Proceeding; To State Certain Evidence That Shall Be Prima Facie Evidence Of Certain Elements Of The Crime; To Direct The Attorney General, The Department Of Public Safety And The Mississippi Judicial College To Coordinate Efforts To Train Prosecutors And Law Enforcement Agencies Throughout The State To Combat Organized Retail Crime; To Amend Section 41-29-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Organized Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; enact.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]	Sen. Jeff Tate [R]	Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]	Sen. Brian Rhodes [R]
Sen. Andy Berry [R]	Sen. John Polk [R]	Sen. Joseph Seymour [R]	Sen. Jason Barrett [R]
Sen. Nicole Boyd [R]	Sen. Lydia Chassaniol [R]	Sen. Bart Williams [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2024-02-19	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	29	153	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2612.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2612IN.htm