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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of theft to include new home construction contractors who fail to refund amounts paid under contract under certain circumstances or deviate from or disregard plans or specifications in any material respect that are contained in a new home construction contract. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of theft to include new home construction contractors who fail to refund amounts paid under contract under certain circumstances or deviate from or disregard plans or specifications in any material respect that are contained in a new home construction contract. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 780"
citation: "Tennessee SB 780 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunn", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d60064-dd4f-43bf-9b6d-d9a7d77fc565"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0780&GA=110"
source_hash: "95010b018a12e7e1915f691fb775bd29c7e91ba4d2aa80f2d6369678b808c96c"
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 780 (110) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the offense of theft to include new home construction contractors who fail to refund amounts paid under contract under certain circumstances or deviate from or disregard plans or specifications in any material respect that are contained in a new home construction contract. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.
## 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/SB0780.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/18/2017 Passed (1) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dunn — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0112) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0475)
- **2017-04-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 310
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 310
- **2017-05-19** 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/c0d60064-dd4f-43bf-9b6d-d9a7d77fc565`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).