SB 343 IN

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Makes it organized retail theft, a Level 6 felony, for a person to exercise unauthorized control over the property of a retail merchant with the intent to directly or indirectly distribute the property for resale, and increases the penalty to a Level 5 felony if certain circumstances exist. Permits a person to petition for expungement of an arrest if no charges have been filed within one year of the arrest. (Under current law, the arrest is expunged without a petition after 180 days.) Requires a court, in granting a petition for expungement, to include in the order statutory language specifying that the person's civil rights are restored. Allows disclosure of expunged records to a school in connection with the employment of a person likely to have contact with a student. Specifies that an expunged record may not be destroyed or deleted. Repeals the requirement that certain acts taken by a prosecuting attorney are invalid without a seal. Makes conforming amendments and a technical correction.

• Aaron Freeman Republican · author
• Jack Sandlin · author
• Jerry Torr · sponsor

1. Jan 19, 2023 Authored by Senator Freeman · upper
2. Jan 19, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law · upper
3. Feb 23, 2023 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
4. Feb 27, 2023 Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote · upper
5. Feb 27, 2023 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
6. Feb 27, 2023 Senator Sandlin added as second author · upper
7. Feb 28, 2023 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 196: yeas 39, nays 10 · upper
8. Feb 28, 2023 House sponsor: Representative Torr · upper
9. Mar 1, 2023 Referred to the House · upper
10. Mar 6, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code · lower
11. Mar 30, 2023 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
12. Apr 6, 2023 Amendment #1 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 365: yeas 33, nays 56 · lower
13. Apr 6, 2023 Amendment #2 (Pierce) failed; Division of the House: yeas 27, nays 61 · lower
14. Apr 6, 2023 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
15. Apr 10, 2023 Representative Gore M added as cosponsor · lower
16. Apr 10, 2023 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 377: yeas 85, nays 12 · lower
17. Apr 11, 2023 Returned to the Senate with amendments · lower
18. Apr 19, 2023 Motion to dissent filed · upper
19. Apr 19, 2023 Senate dissented from House amendments · upper
20. Apr 20, 2023 House conferees appointed: Torr and Gore · lower
21. Apr 20, 2023 House advisors appointed: Steuerwald, Negele, McNamara and Pierce M · lower
22. Apr 20, 2023 Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Pol · upper
23. Apr 20, 2023 Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Sandlin · upper
24. Apr 25, 2023 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate · upper
25. Apr 26, 2023 CCR # 1 filed in the House · lower
26. Apr 26, 2023 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 491: yeas 40, nays 9 · upper
27. Apr 26, 2023 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 516: yeas 83, nays 12 · lower
28. Apr 28, 2023 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
29. Apr 28, 2023 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
30. May 1, 2023 Signed by the Speaker · lower
31. May 4, 2023 Public Law 185 · upper
32. May 4, 2023 Signed by the Governor · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled Senate Bill (S) · Apr 26, 2023 · PDF
• Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Jan 18, 2023 · PDF
• Senate Bill (S) · Feb 23, 2023 · PDF
• Engrossed Senate Bill (S) · Feb 27, 2023 · PDF
• Senate Bill (H) · Mar 30, 2023 · PDF