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Home » Press Releases » Rep. Penterman: Cracking down on retail theft: Penterman bill becomes law
MADISON, WI — Legislation authored by State Representative William Penterman (R–Hustisford) to combat organized retail theft has been signed into law as 2025 Wisconsin Act 106. This new law strengthens Wisconsin’s ability to prosecute retail theft by allowing prosecutors to aggregate the value of stolen merchandise across multiple thefts when those acts are part of a single course of conduct....