---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to crimes and offenses; to create the Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; to provide for the crime of retail theft in various degrees; to provide for the crime of organized retail theft; to provide criminal penalties for a violation"
description: "Crimes and offenses; Alabama Fights Organized Retail Theft and Theft by Shoplifting Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 206"
citation: "Alabama SB 206 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clyde Chambliss"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d74f9f7-c5ec-45c2-8cf9-b6870949878a"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "9cff449e2b340e7b37229d11b3dd28a1f3badd4693e31091c182399208b6d3c9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 206 (2023rs) — Relating to crimes and offenses; to create the Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; to provide for the crime of retail theft in various degrees; to provide for the crime of organized retail theft; to provide criminal penalties for a violation

Crimes and offenses; Alabama Fights Organized Retail Theft and Theft by Shoplifting Act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB206-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286157.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment DXPQNT-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/DXPQNT-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment E0BGCC-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/E0BGCC-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment LPSHWY-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/LPSHWY-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB206-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB206-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 1063 on SB206 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 664 on SB206 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1064 on SB206 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1065 on SB206 (2023 Regular Session) — **76–27** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1170 on SB206 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 665 on SB206 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clyde Chambliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Judiciary) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-531 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d74f9f7-c5ec-45c2-8cf9-b6870949878a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).