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• In other words, Delaware is punching above its weight in vehicle thefts.
• We've had a huge spike in auto theft over the last several years.
• A lot of times we find no damage to the cars, right?
• So even if somebody in a high-theft crime ring takes that car, they can then resell it or have it reused
• We all have OnStar or GPS on the cars, and we could find it.

Bills: HB351

Keywords: vehicle security circumvention device, car theft, auto theft, key fob hacking, relay attack, key programming device, car key emulator, vehicle immobilizer bypass, automotive security, locksmith, motor vehicle dealer, repossessor, law enforcement, National Insurance Crime Bureau, Delaware Title 21, criminal offense, misdemeanor

Summary: The Senate Corrections and Public Safety Committee met in hybrid format but did not have a quorum, so it held approval of the May 13 and June 10 minutes. The committee heard House Bill 351, sponsored by Senator Brown, which would update Delaware law on vehicle security circumvention devices. The bill would criminalize the manufacture, sale, transfer, or possession of devices used to bypass keyless entry and push-to-start vehicle security systems, while exempting certified users such as locksmiths, mechanics, dealerships, repossession agents, and law enforcement. Senator Brown said the measure is intended to address modern vehicle theft methods and increase penalties for first and repeat offenses. Testimony in support came from Howard Handler of the National Insurance Crime Bureau and Sergeant Mike Ripple of the Delaware State Police. Handler said Delaware has seen more than 1,600 vehicle thefts in 2025 and that organized theft rings increasingly use key programming and relay devices, often in under a minute. Ripple said the devices are easily purchased online, are being used in Delaware and nearby states, and have contributed to a sharp rise in auto thefts, especially involving certain makes such as Jeeps, Hondas, and Toyotas. Committee members asked about enforcement, online sales restrictions, and whether similar laws in other states have been effective; witnesses said the technology is new and that comparable laws have been enacted in states such as New Jersey and Michigan, though no effectiveness data was available. During public comment, Robert Overmiller spoke in favor of the bill, saying criminals will always find ways to exploit new technology. Several committee members indicated support for the measure, but no vote was taken because the committee lacked a quorum. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.

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• The Mason Treat Act was primarily focused on private sales to make sure that there was a tag on the car
• and switch auto industry is that on a retail scale is making about $8,000 when they bait and switch a car
• I thought it was going to be about $1000 worth of damage, and they totaled the car.
• going to be a written report, who determines who's at fault and who determines the positioning of the cars
• worth of Damage, especially in this day and age with our very folks that are supposed to be fixing our cars

Bills: HB2053, HB2123, HB2603, HB2979, HB2997, HB3148, HB3982, HB4058, HB4108, HB4143, HB4266

Keywords: outdoor advertising, transportation, state law, commercial activities, sign regulations, urban areas, turnpike, infrastructure, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, construction, bridges, motor carriers, public safety, enforcement, Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, transition period, roadside investigation, motor vehicle laws, HB2979

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• that would deter the type of organized. retail theft not standard theft.
• for organized retail theft.
• That is an offensive theft.
• There's a difference between regular theft, simple theft. and organized retail theft. Thank you.
• And, you know, to use the term that you use, the theft for greed and not the theft for need, right?

Bills: SB1281, SB1300, SB1379, SB1451, SB1497, SB1498, SB1499

Keywords: mail theft, postal theft, package theft, identity theft, negotiable instrument, check theft, mail receptacle key, mailbox lock, postal key, delivery service, courier, USPS, United States Postal Service, fraud, property crime, elderly victims, disabled victims, identity information, rebuttable presumption, felony enhancement

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• Not, and flat out identity theft.
• $250,000 organized theft annually.
• bottles stolen through organized theft. bottles stolen through organized theft.
• $250,000 $22,000 theft or a $250,000 organized<01:34:08.320> theft organized theft organized theft
• Um, I wish they didn't get the car on the car rack. I wish it would have got over Iraq.

Bills: HF962, HF3541, HF2936, HF3762, HF2879

Keywords: Capitol security, public safety, emergency management, state buildings, law enforcement, corrections, legislative approval, rule-making, financial impact, jail regulations, expungement, firearm eligibility, criminal records, organized retail crime, retail theft, supply chain theft, theft enterprise, organized theft, cargo theft, shoplifting

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• And the facility had video of the car.
• 1859 would create an internal OSBI division focused on cyber-enabled crime, financial fraud, identity theft

Bills: SB1936, SB1612, SB1543, SB1260, SB1988, SB1859, SB2041, SB1257, HB4272, HB3277, HB3148, HB3651, HB3323, HB4287, HB4105, HB3304, HB3345

Keywords: forfeiture, criminal offenses, law enforcement, Class D1 offenses, property seizure, SB1612, mandatory reporting, violent injury reporting, gunshot wound, stab wound, poisoning, burn injury, explosive injury, medical reporting, healthcare providers, law enforcement notification, evidence preservation, patient video records, confidentiality waiver, misdemeanor penalty

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• automatic cars kind of could never do. automatic cars kind of could never do.
• And all Waymo cars are electric. Uber and Lyft do drive gas cars.
• And all Waymo cars are electric. Uber and Lyft do drive gas cars.
• cars are electric. cars are electric.
• Uber and Lyft do drive gas cars. Uber and Lyft do drive gas cars.

Bills: HF4062, HF4063, HF4065, HF3926, HF4216, HF3176, HF3728, HF3988, HF3865

Keywords: vehicle registration, title transfer, rental vehicles, state regulations, motor vehicle laws, school buses, USDOT number, first aid kits, transportation safety, vehicle regulations, transit safety, assault penalties, public transportation, criminal justice, transit workers, transportation, railroad, safety, economic development, public roads

Bills: HB91, HB123, HB167, HB255, HB264, HB321, HB884, HB955, HB967, HB968, HB969, HB978, HB985, HB994, HB1005, HB1104, HB1107, HB1109, SCR3

Keywords: criminal procedure, disclosure, criminal records, witness protection, trial rights, electronic monitoring, GPS ankle monitor, ankle bracelet, pretrial release, post-conviction supervision, bail monitoring, house arrest, corrections, criminal justice, law enforcement, prosecuting authority, court reporting, provider registration, LCLE, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice

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• It's got to do with wrecked cars.
• Right now, if you wreck your car in another state, let me back up.
• The Department of Revenue allows you, if you wreck your car and it's totaled out, you can actually take
• So what this simply does, it says if you wreck your car in another state, you can bring it back to Alabama

Bills: HB162, HB376, HB425, SB96, HB426

Keywords: homelessness, homeless individuals, unsheltered, transient, shelter, encampment, street outreach, relocation, displacement, law enforcement, municipal government, county government, local government, interjurisdictional transport, Class A misdemeanor, criminal penalties, public safety, social services, Alabama Code 15-20A-4, environmental regulation

Bills: HB19

Keywords: real property, theft, fraud, criminal offense, elderly, disabled, restitution, recording requirements

Bills: HB329, HB8, HB353, HB329, HB8, HB353, HB50, HB78, HB225, SB75, SB209

Keywords: military installations, tall structures, local government, construction approval, wind energy facilities, tobacco regulation, vaping, sales restrictions, youth protection, tobacco compliance, public health, education programs, electronic nicotine delivery systems, judicial compensation, salary adjustments, district attorneys, Judges, local officials, computer science, education reform

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• In 2019, we were a victim of this theft.
• Like theft. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Chair. Thank you. You all are excused.
• Right now deed fraud is, is, is prosecuted under traditional theft statutes.
• Those theft statutes are not designed for anything like this.
• They actually just go through ID theft and attempt to sell a property.

Bills: SB15

Keywords: real property, fraud, theft, elderly, disabled, statute of limitations, criminal offense, property rights

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• theft, alcohol, and<00:02:25.599> tobacco.
• My theft detection shielding devices.
• Bailey said about it being personal theft.
• It's not only theft out of the retailer's pockets, it's theft out of all of our pockets because retail
• It's not only theft out of the retailer's pockets, it's theft out of all of our pockets because retail

Bills: SF0007, SF0008

Keywords: theft, penalties, larceny, criminal offense, felony, Wyoming, absconding, law enforcement, criminal justice, 916, all

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• Because once you stop them at that point, they can have the gun sitting in the car, and the police can't
• Again, on several occasions, there's just been a need for stricter Alabama laws related to mail theft
• So if it is just basic mail theft, it's a Class A misdemeanor.
• there, and then an individual is coming up at night or when they're closed and they're pulling their car
• Because when it comes wrong, I just get in my car, look at the address, and go on and knock.

Bills: SB76, SB35, SB116, SB119, SB118, SB129, SB32, SB31, SB115, SB75, HB27, HB40

Keywords: jury duty, nursing mothers, exemption, legal rights, parental responsibilities, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, SB116, machine gun conversion devices, switches, pistol conversion device, auto sear, firearm accessories, machine gun, automatic weapon, semiautomatic pistol, gun control

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• You know, I think I certainly grew up doing some crazy crap and being in the trunk of cars and in the
• It has to do with what kind of<01:07:20.080> car<01:07:20.960> you<01:07:21.280> can
• They are put in the cars. Right?
• And they didn't, you know, they rented the car. They're not leasing, they're not owning them.
• And they didn't, you know, they rented the car. They're not leasing, they're not owning them.

Bills: HF3771, HF3658, HF3453, HF3358, HF1775

Keywords: disaster assistance, contingency account, Minnesota emergency management, public safety, state disaster aid, FEMA, federal cost-share, emergency relief, natural disaster, budget report, appropriations report, management and budget, local governments, utility cooperatives, public works, infrastructure repair, chapter 12B, chapter 12A, emergency management, disaster recovery

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• This bill will establish the Organized Oilfield Theft Prevention Unit to investigate and arrest individuals
• Senator Huffman: engaged in organized oilfield theft.
• I've testified before this committee on numerous occasions this session on oilfield theft legislation
• House Bill 48 is comprehensive and complementary to other oilfield theft legislation that is working
• World Aquarium and was ultimately charged with 6 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty and 2 felony theft

Bills: HB 33, HB 45, HB 48, HB 1261, HB 1465, HB 1778, HB 2596, HB 5238, SB 2969

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

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• Can you help us understand the scale and scope of the theft that is happening?
• There's so much theft going on that they can't investigate every single crime of theft that happens out
• So, the Chairman was talking about the theft... Of thousands of barrels of oil?
• Oil theft has been talked about. That's hard to gauge for a number of reasons.
• The theft of a $200 valve fitting. Right.

Bills: HB48, HB49, HB 1169, HB1971, HB2584, HB2663, HB2890, HB48, HB49

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

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• Um, peer-to-peer car sharing industry is basically like a BBO or an Airbnb for your car.
• Uh, someone calls, you leave a car, they pick it up.
• So, this bill will make it to where there's more definition of what peer-to-peer car sharing is.
• basically like a BBO or an Airbnb for your car.
• Uh, someone calls, you leave a car, they pick it up.

Bills: HB351, SB109, HB351, SB109

Keywords: ad valorem tax, road funding, local government, referendum, Choctaw County, Tuskegee University, education funding, Alabama Education Trust Fund, appropriation, agricultural research, data privacy, consumer rights, personal data, data protection, Alabama Personal Data Protection Act, peer-to-peer car sharing, vehicle insurance, liability, shared vehicles, taxation

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• Sunset Advisory Commission, and new tools for law enforcement and prosecutors to curb the growing theft
• I've got to get up over the rest of the day to get my car counted.
• mother's collapse when we heard Nancy had been seen driving away with a man sitting behind her in her car
• We remember sitting in the car. courtroom listening to Nancy on the stand recount the horrific sexual

Bills: SB552, SB1099, SB1124, SB1208, SB1372, SB1506, SB1667, SB1804, SB1806, SB1870, SB1936, SB1937, SB2180, SB2405, SB2569, SB2570, SB1646

Keywords: community supervision, criminal justice, illegal alien, deferred adjudication, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, SB 1099, undocumented immigrant, unauthorized immigrant, immigration status, felony sentencing enhancement, criminal penalty increase, Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, affirmative finding, judgment finding, deportation, public safety, immigration enforcement, sentencing reform, felony offense

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• So, we'll fill theft.
• Texas and the theft of our petroleum and oil.
• . of oil field theft.
• Fort Worth experienced a 545% increase in reported cable theft and a 53% increase in all metal theft.
• an average of 20 thefts each week in Texas.

Bills: SB552, SB1099, SB1124, SB1208, SB1372, SB1506, SB1667, SB1804, SB1806, SB1870, SB1936, SB1937, SB2180, SB2405, SB2569, SB2570, SB1646

Keywords: community supervision, criminal justice, illegal alien, deferred adjudication, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, SB 1099, undocumented immigrant, unauthorized immigrant, immigration status, felony sentencing enhancement, criminal penalty increase, Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, affirmative finding, judgment finding, deportation, public safety, immigration enforcement, sentencing reform, felony offense

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• There were also many issues with oil field theft and the theft of petroleum and oil.
• in all-metal theft.
• an average of 20 thefts each week in Texas.
• And we will do anything to fight metal theft.
• And we will do anything to fight metal theft.

Bills: SB552, SB1099, SB1124, SB1208, SB1372, SB1506, SB1667, SB1804, SB1806, SB1870, SB1936, SB1937, SB2180, SB2405, SB2569, SB2570, SB1646

Keywords: community supervision, criminal justice, illegal alien, deferred adjudication, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, SB 1099, undocumented immigrant, unauthorized immigrant, immigration status, felony sentencing enhancement, criminal penalty increase, Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, affirmative finding, judgment finding, deportation, public safety, immigration enforcement, sentencing reform, felony offense

Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice heard testimony on several bills dealing with criminal discovery, crime lab access, controlled substances, community supervision, interference with officers, oilfield theft, and copper theft. On SB 1124, witnesses split over whether the bill clarified discovery law after the Heath decision or rolled back the Michael Morton Act; opponents argued it narrowed disclosure and shifted responsibility away from prosecutors, while supporters said it restored balance, limited harsh sanctions, and preserved exculpatory-disclosure duties. The committee later voted 4-0 to report SB 1124 favorably and place it on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also heard and later reported favorably SB 1372, which resolves a statutory conflict over access to the DPS crime lab portal, and SB 1936, which changes how LSD “abuse units” are defined for testing and charging purposes; both were sent to the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1937, which would require a subject-matter expert from the testing lab to participate in pretrial meetings in capital cases involving biological evidence, was also reported favorably and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 552, which would make people defined in the bill as “illegal aliens” ineligible for judge-ordered or jury-recommended community supervision, including deferred adjudication. Supporters said the bill would prevent state-funded early release of people who entered or remained in the country unlawfully, while county officials and immigration advocates warned it would be overbroad, difficult to administer, and costly to local jails and taxpayers. Despite those concerns, the committee voted to report SB 552 favorably, and Senator Huffman requested it be taken to the floor. On SB 1208, which increases interference with a peace officer or public official from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony, law enforcement witnesses said repeat “auditors” and similar actors were creating dangerous confrontations and needed stronger deterrence; opponents argued the bill would chill protected filming and protest activity. The committee voted to report SB 1208 favorably and place it on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also took testimony on SB 1806, a committee substitute addressing oilfield theft and related crimes. Supporters from law enforcement and the oil and gas industry said organized theft of crude, equipment, and related materials is a growing problem and that the bill would strengthen penalties, allow seizure and sale of stolen product, and improve inspection and forensic tools. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, with placement on the local and uncontested calendar. Finally, the committee heard SB 1646, which targets copper theft and fiber vandalism by increasing penalties, requiring reporting and recordkeeping for certain purchases, and adding training and enforcement tools. Telecommunications, law enforcement, and emergency-network witnesses supported the bill as necessary to protect 9-1-1 and critical infrastructure, while metal recyclers warned the bill could overregulate legitimate businesses and sweep too broadly. The committee later voted to report the committee substitute for SB 1646 favorably as well.