Larceny; providing elements of organized retail crime; codification; effective date.

Added new element requiring persons to have a means of getaway to evade capture or arrest as a qualifying circumstance for organized retail crime

Added new element requiring use of any container, device, or other article to facilitate a retail crime

Removed reference to attempting to exit through fire escapes, employee exits, or other non-public means as a qualifying circumstance

Changed reference to Section 1731 from 2024 O.S.L. Chapter 176 to 2024 O.S.L. Chapter 333

Modified penalty structure for property valued under $15,000 to increase maximum county jail time from one year to five years

Changed bill title from 'House Bill 1592' to 'House Bill No. 1592' and updated sponsor attribution to only George and Turner of the House

Updated bill header from 'Committee Substitute for House Bill' to 'Committee Substitute for Engrossed House Bill' to reflect legislative process status.

Reorganized the bill's title and description sections, moving content from lines 8-17 to lines 10-18 with adjusted formatting and line numbers.

Changed bill reference from 'Section 1, Chapter 176, O.S.L. 2024' to 'Section 1, Chapter 333, O.S.L. 2023' in the amended Section 4.

Adjusted page numbering and requirement numbers from 'Req. No. 12926' to 'Req. No. 2006' throughout the document.

Corrected a typo in Section 4 where 'created recreated' was changed to 'created' for the Organized Retail Crime Task Force.

The Task Force's continuation date was shortened from June 1, 2026 to December 31, 2024 in the committee substitute version.

The document structure was reorganized with new page numbering and formatting changes, including removal of the 'Enrolled House' designation and addition of 'Committee Substitute' headers.

Some text formatting inconsistencies were corrected, including spacing and line breaks throughout the bill text.

Sponsor names were updated in the enrolled version to include additional legislators (Cantrell, Wolfley, and Hamilton) compared to the engrossed version.

Minor formatting and spacing adjustments were made throughout the document for the final enrolled version.

The act description was slightly reworded to use 'updating' instead of 'recreating' for the task force and to clarify statutory language updates.

Reorganized title page information and authorship credits, moving Senate coauthor information to a different position.

Added new provision that receiving, purchasing, or possessing retail merchandise for sale knowing it was stolen constitutes organized retail crime.

Increased penalty thresholds for larceny and robbery, raising the fine and imprisonment limits for property valued at $15,000 or more.

Adjusted penalty structure for patterns of criminal offenses, increasing maximum imprisonment from two years to two years and adding a $25,000 fine threshold.

Updated statutory references and codification requirements to ensure proper placement in Oklahoma Statutes.

Updated the bill title and enacting clause to reflect Senate amendment status and added coauthor names.

Revised statutory language formatting and references to align with Senate amendment markup conventions.

Added Senate coauthor Hamilton and House coauthors Cantrell and Wolfley to the bill.