H 3523 South Carolina House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Organized Retail Crime

Summary

AN ACT 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 NECESSARY DEFINITIONS, TO REVISE THE PREVIOUS OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT, TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME AND ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME OF AN AGGRAVATED NATURE, AND TO PROVIDE A GRADUATED PENALTY STRUCTURE. - RATIFIED TITLE

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed Mar 7, 2025

Floor votes · Senate Feb 25, 2025 · House Feb 27, 2025

How they voted

43–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 46

Feb 25, 2025

D Democratic12

10 Yea 2

83% Yea

R Republican34

33 Yea 1

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 7, 2025

Signed into law

Signed By Governor

legislature

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time and returned to House with amendments

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Amended

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (43-0-3)

senate

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Recalled from Committee on Judiciary

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and read first time

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report: Favorable Judiciary

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and read first time

lower

Dec 5, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

lower

20 primary · 0 co-sponsors