One Iowa lawmaker voted for a bill that is on the governor’s desk waiting to be signed into law.

District 24 Senator Jesse Green (R-Boone) says the bill that was passed in the Senate and House is about having heightened penalties for organized retail thefts. He tells Raccoon Valley Radio the issue was brought to the legislature by Hy-Vee.

“An idea is that when somebody is prosecuted with that, they might be able to plead out and be able to tell the police who else was involved in the organized retail thefts. And hopefully come to slow these retail thefts down and lighten up the prosecution load for our judicial system.” 

Green adds this bill sets penalties for multiple occurrences of retail theft.