---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases from a Class E felony to a Class D felony the offense of burglary of a conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases from a Class E felony to a Class D felony the offense of burglary of a conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 555"
citation: "Tennessee HB 555 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe33422-3220-4aa2-b517-64f268d2fb58"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0555&ga=114"
source_hash: "035527452745c6a6b506fe2dc340b1dda212aec10a6def8f49a583e4ff20509c"
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 555 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases from a Class E felony to a Class D felony the offense of burglary of a conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1151.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0045** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0045.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA1086** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1086.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0555.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026 4/14/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2026 Passed — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/19/2025 Passed — **16–5** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **75–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2026 Passed — **23–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Capley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-26** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-02** Placed behind the budget
- **2025-04-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2026-04-01** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-08** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to Next Calendar
- **2026-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 8, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1151) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0045)
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1086)
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-14** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-14** Pub. Ch. 930

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe33422-3220-4aa2-b517-64f268d2fb58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).