Bills · 119th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025

Also known as Combating Organized Retail Crime Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced4/10/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 5/12/26
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 348–60 on May 12, 2026 (Roll Call 157 →). Received in the Senate on May 13, 2026. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 5/12/26Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic144 Yea · 59 Nay · 9 Not voting
  • Republican203 Yea · 1 Nay · 12 Not voting
  • Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025

This bill expands federal enforcement of criminal offenses related to organized retail and supply chain crime. The term organized retail and supply chain crime includes criminal offenses involving the interstate transportation of stolen property, the sale or receipt of stolen goods, or theft from an interstate or foreign shipment that is committed by, in coordination with, or at the instruction of an organization.

First, with respect to criminal offenses involving the interstate transportation of stolen property or the sale or receipt of stolen goods, the bill broadens the scope of conduct that qualifies as offenses by allowing prosecutions to be based on the aggregate value of stolen items over a 12-month period. Additionally, the bill makes the offenses predicate offenses (i.e., underlying offenses) for prosecutions under the federal money laundering statute and authorizes the criminal forfeiture of any property obtained from the proceeds of an offense.

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Sponsor
Rep. David P. Joyce ( Republican · OH-14)
Cosponsors
206
Introduced
4/10/25
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (15)
  1. 4/10/25Introduced in House
  2. 4/10/25Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  3. 1/13/26Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. 1/13/26Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  5. 1/30/26Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-471.
  6. 1/30/26Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 402.
  7. 5/12/26Mr. Knott moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  8. 5/12/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3364-3369)
  9. 5/12/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2853.
  10. 5/12/26At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  11. 5/12/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3376)
  12. 5/12/26Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 348 - 60 (Roll no. 157). (text: CR H3364-3366)
  13. 5/12/26On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 348 - 60 (Roll no. 157). (text: CR H3364-3366)
  14. 5/12/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. 5/13/26Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.