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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1773S.P. 691 In Senate, April 24, 2025
An Act to Criminalize Certain Offenses Related to Gift Card Thefts
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator HARRINGTON of York.
Cosponsored by Representative PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft and
Senator: CYRWAY of Kennebec, Representatives: CROCKETT of Portland, NUTTING of
Oakland. Page 1 - 132LR1111(01)
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2 is enacted to read:
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4 of value that is displayed, held, stored or offered by a retailer for retail sale to consumers.
5 "Retail merchandise" includes, but is not limited to, tangible personal property, gift cards,
6 electronics and commodities.
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8 This bill enacts a definition of "retail merchandise" to include the theft of gift cards,
9 among other things, in the crime of organized retail theft.
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