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Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB2502

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Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to weapons.

Subject: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Description: As introduced, requires the TBI to submit a report on the amount of money collected for background checks associated with firearm sales in excess of the costs associated with conducting the background checks to the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives and the judiciary committee of the senate by March 1, rather than February 1, of each year. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Session: 113th General Assembly

Last Action: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee, Ayes 8, Nays 3 PNV 0

Last Action Date: April 16, 2024

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Joseph Hensley (R); Mark Pody (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 6% (2 of 33)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 16, 2024 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee, Ayes 8, Nays 3 PNV 0
Senate Apr 11, 2024 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2024
Senate Apr 9, 2024 Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate Apr 2, 2024 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
Senate Apr 1, 2024 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
Senate Apr 1, 2024 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
Senate Mar 27, 2024 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024
Senate Mar 11, 2024 Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Mar 6, 2024 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2024
Senate Feb 5, 2024 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Feb 1, 2024 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Senate Jan 31, 2024 Filed for introduction
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Draft Jan 31, 2024 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
SA1017 Amendment 2-0 to SB2502 Apr 16, 2024 State Link amendment text No
SA0962 Amendment 1-0 to SB2502 Apr 3, 2024 State Link amendment text No
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
04/2/2024 6 2 0 0 Yes
  • Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea
  • Lamar, London (D) Nay
  • Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea
  • Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea
  • Rose, Paul (R) Nay
  • Stevens, John (R) Yea
  • Taylor, Brent (R) Yea
  • White, Dawn (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/16/2024 8 3 0 0 Yes
  • Haile, Ferrell (R) Yea
  • Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Jack (R) Yea
  • Lamar, London (D) Nay
  • Powers, Bill (R) Yea
  • Stevens, John (R) Nay
  • Walley, Page (R) Yea
  • Watson, Bo (R) Yea
  • White, Dawn (R) Yea
  • Yager, Ken (R) Yea
  • Yarbro, Jeff (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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