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2024 Retail Theft Legislation

  • AB 2943 (Zbur, Rivas): creates new retail theft felony crime.
  • AB 3209 (Berman): authorizes courts to impose a Retail Crime Restraining Order.
  • AB 1779 (Irwin): restores cross jurisdictional charging.
  • AB 1960 (Rivas): Addresses “smash-and-grab” crimes with new penalties.
  • AB 1972 (Alanis): expands CHP property crimes task forces to support increased levels of cargo theft.
  • AB 1802 (Jones-Sawyer): makes permanent the crime of organized retail theft and the operation of the CHP property crimes task force.
  • SB 1144 (Skinner): Disrupts the sale of stolen goods on online marketplaces by requiring that third-party sellers be certified, and bans sellers suspected of criminal activity from operating through online marketplace platforms. 
  • SB 905 (Wiener): Removes the locked door loophole for automotive property thefts.  
  • SB 982 (Wahab): Cements the work California has done on organized crime by making the law on organized retail theft permanent.
  • SB 1242 (Min): Requires courts to impose higher penalties on criminals who create fires in order to engage in retail theft. 
  • SB 1416 (Newman): Increases penalties on professional organized retail theft in particularly significant large-scale resale schemes.