A bill for an act relating to theft, forgery, and fraud involving a gift card, and providing penalties. Effective date: 07/01/2025.
This bill creates new criminal offenses and penalties specifically targeting theft, forgery, and fraud involving gift cards. It defines various illegal actions, such as acquiring or using gift cards or their redemption information without consent, altering gift cards, or using fraudulent schemes to obtain them. Penalties for these crimes range from serious misdemeanors to Class C felonies, with the severity determined by the monetary value of the gift card or property involved. The bill also allows for the aggregation of values from multiple incidents over a six-month period to determine the appropriate charge, and it will take effect on July 1, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 11, 2025
Signed Apr 18, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Mar 12, 2025 · House Mar 19, 2025
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Mar 12, 2025
D
Democratic16
87% Yea
R
Republican33
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0.
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0.
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Mar 3, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/04/2025 10:00AM Senate Lounge.
legislature
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Webster, Blake, and Reichman.
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Judiciary.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Webster
RRepublican
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