Creating a sentencing enhancement for organized retail theft.

Washington State's SB 5348 (titled "Creating a sentencing enhancement for organized retail theft") actually amends sentencing guidelines to add mandatory enhancements when offenders are armed with firearms or deadly weapons during felony crimes - not specifically for retail theft. The bill requires judges to add fixed time periods to sentences (e.g., 5 years for class A felonies with a firearm) that must be served consecutively, with no reduction even if the total exceeds the standard maximum sentence. It applies broadly to felony convictions involving weapons, excluding specific offenses like firearm theft or machine gun use. The bill does not create new retail theft penalties but modifies existing sentencing rules for weapon-related felonies.