---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises the offense of organized retail crime. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-113."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises the offense of organized retail crime. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-113."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1943"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1943 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Zachary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd82a56a-7981-42e9-8d32-c4c055982aa2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1943&GA=111"
source_hash: "310871b916e7a4fdc55622549bbf111e13ed1ef8e20867011a47ee1939070e22"
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 SB 1943 (111) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises the offense of organized retail crime. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-113.

## 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/111/Bill/SB1943.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2020 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/25/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2020 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2020 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2020 3/12/2020 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-03** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-16** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 620
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 620

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd82a56a-7981-42e9-8d32-c4c055982aa2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).