"Defense Against Porch Pirates Act"; creates new category of theft, with penalties including mandatory restitution and community service, for taking package delivered to residence by cargo carrier.*
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2020
General Assembly Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2019
Last action Jan 13, 2020
Floor votes · General Assembly Mar 25, 2019
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Jan 13, 2020
General Assembly · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0)
Jan 13, 2020
Senate · Passed
Passed Senate (34-2)
Jan 9, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
May 13, 2019
Senate · Referred to committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 25, 2019
General Assembly · Passed
Passed Assembly (78-0-0)
Mar 18, 2019
General Assembly · Reported by committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Mar 18, 2019
General Assembly · Referred to committee
Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
Feb 25, 2019
General Assembly · Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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