HB 2097 -- Stealing Sponsor: Cox This bill specifies that a person will be guilty of a class C felony if he or she takes property from a mercantile establishment and, in order to facilitate the theft, leaves the establishment through a designated emergency exit; is in possession of an item, article, implement, or device designed to overcome security systems at the time of a theft; or commits a theft at three or more separate and distinct mercantile establishments within a 90-day period.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives