---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the \"Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the \"Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "Tennessee HB 55 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Zachary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 69
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b7d9c65-5a40-4359-8732-f641d4222841"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0055&GA=110"
source_hash: "8f309d679cd37b37dde98d70c2004090b5572bb9a6e980724546a043c0d5a01d"
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-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 55 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0055.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017 5/9/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/9/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/14/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/22/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 5/9/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-17** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-08** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 1/1/2018
- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 5-9-17
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/10/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0645) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0644) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0008) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0126)
- **2017-05-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0520)
- **2017-05-10** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 0 PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Am. 2 reconsidered, withdrawn.
- **2017-05-10** Am. 1 reconsidered, withdrawn.
- **2017-05-10** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2017-05-10** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2017-05-10** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 3 - HA0645) `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Senate refused to concur in amendment, (Amendment 2 - HA0644) `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-10** Senate refused to concur in amendment, (Amendment 1 - HA0008) `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-06-01** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-06-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-14** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 472
- **2017-06-14** Pub. Ch. 472
- **2017-06-14** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b7d9c65-5a40-4359-8732-f641d4222841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).