---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of organized retail crime to include certain acts, including knowingly using an online marketplace or social media platform to coordinate a meeting with one or more persons to sell, barter, or trade stolen merchandise for monetary or other gain; increases the punishment for the offense under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of organized retail crime to include certain acts, including knowingly using an online marketplace or social media platform to coordinate a meeting with one or more persons to sell, barter, or trade stolen merchandise for monetary or other gain; increases the punishment for the offense under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 207"
citation: "Tennessee HB 207 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zachary"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77f1c91a-b08a-4d13-a752-1fb39a170fec"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0207&ga=114"
source_hash: "8df68f2a34b528424ad327924b442abf222d3052f2c915b5afcceb0a43702902"
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 207 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of organized retail crime to include certain acts, including knowingly using an online marketplace or social media platform to coordinate a meeting with one or more persons to sell, barter, or trade stolen merchandise for monetary or other gain; increases the punishment for the offense under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0043** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0043.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0092** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0092.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0207.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/26/2025 Passed (4) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (3) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zachary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-03** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-02-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0043) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0092)
- **2025-03-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 89

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77f1c91a-b08a-4d13-a752-1fb39a170fec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).