Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of fraudulent use, possession, or tampering with gift cards or gift card data.

HB 4729 creates a new criminal offense for fraudulently using, possessing, or tampering with gift cards or gift card data. It prohibits specific acts like removing unactivated gift cards from stores without purchasing them, displaying stolen unactivated cards for sale, possessing gift card data without purchase, or using counterfeit cards. The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption of criminal intent when someone possesses three or more unactivated gift cards, counterfeit cards, or gift card data without permission, unless the person is a business or government entity acting legally. Penalties range from a state jail felony (for 1-4 items) to a second-degree felony (for 10 or more items), with a third-degree felony for 5-9 items.