Crime & costs · 2024-04-16
Hobbs Soft-Pedaled Retail Theft Crackdowns
SB 1412 and SB 1414 targeted repeat shoplifters and organized retail theft. Hobbs vetoed them.
Theft rings raise prices for everyone who still pays at the register.
Hobbs vetoed repeat-shoplifting and organized retail theft bills, then vetoed another business-property theft measure in 2026.
Stores close. Prices rise. Hobbs’ veto pen stays busy.
Bills cited
SB 1412 (2024)
Shoplifting; prior offenses
azleg.gov overviewSB 1414 (2024)
Organized retail theft; repetitive offenders
azleg.gov overviewHB 2460 (2026)
Business property; theft; penalties; prohibition
azleg.gov overview