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This bill expands Tennessee's organized retail crime statute by adding several new prohibited activities and increasing potential penalties. The bill specifically adds new offenses such as knowingly removing anti-shoplifting devices, interfering with fire alarm systems, using online marketplaces or social media to coordinate selling stolen merchandise, returning stolen or counterfeit items to retailers, receiving or possessing stolen merchandise for resale, using devices to facilitate theft, capturing electronic payment information with intent to defraud, and possessing multiple fraudulent access devices. The bill also introduces a sentencing enhancement that increases the criminal classification by one level if the defendant destroys property or uses a weapon during the commission of an organized retail crime offense. These changes aim to provide law enforcement with more tools to combat organized retail theft and protect merchants from increasingly sophisticated criminal strategies. The new provisions define "access devices" broadly to include both physical and digital means of account access, and the law is set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

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https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0240&ga=114