ATLANTA — It happens every day – and it seems to be happening more an more as our shopping habits change. Thieves stealing your package right off your front porch.

According to a study in the New York Times, 1.7 million packages are stolen or go missing every day.

Even with technology, such as Ring cameras, the thieves don’t seem to care.

In most cases in Georgia, porch piracy is only a misdemeanor for two reasons. First, the packages they are stealing usually don’t value more than $500. The other reason is that the thieves are not technically stealing from the United States Postal Service, but instead private delivery services – FedEx, UPS, Amazon – that don’t fall under federal protection.

Stealing packages is typically covered under the state’s “theft by taking” statute, a misdemeanor.

Help could be on the way, and a new bill proposed by State Rep. Bonnie Rich (R-Suwanee) could make thieves think twice about stealing your package – no matter what the value is. More at 11 Alive Atlanta