Senate Bill 766 Summary

• Increases penalties for organized retail theft with tiered felony classifications: Class H for $1,500+, Class G for $20,000+, Class F for $50,000+, and Class C for $100,000+ aggregated over 90 days.

• Creates new offenses for damage to property ($1,000+) or assault during organized retail theft conspiracies, both punishable as Class A1 misdemeanors.

• Expands civil liability for retail theft and organized retail theft to allow recovery of compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages with no maximum limit for G.S. 14-86.6 and 14-86.7 violations.

• Establishes Article 50 requiring online marketplaces to collect and verify identifying information from high-volume third-party sellers (200+ transactions or $5,000+ in revenue over 12 months) and disclose seller identity to consumers with $20,000+ annual revenue.

• Makes violations of the online marketplace requirements enforceable by the Attorney General as violations of the consumer protection laws, effective January 1, 2023; criminal provisions effective December 1, 2022.