114 total bills, 29 anti-gun bills,
33 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation
114 total bills, 29 anti-gun bills,
33 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 50 and Title 70, relative to the carrying of firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates exceptions to the offense of open or concealed carrying of a firearm with the intent to go armed for any person legally in possession and not prohibited from possessing a firearm; converts existing defenses to be exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 50 and Title 70.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to firearm safety instruction.
Description: As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee of Education Instruction
Last Action Date: March 15, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to disposition of confiscated weapons.
Description: As enacted, expands the type of equipment for which law enforcement agencies may exchange confiscated weapons to include any equipment suitable for use for legitimate law enforcement purposes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 166
Last Action Date: May 3, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 39, relative to firearm laws.
Description: As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Firearm Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 444
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, clarifies that a law enforcement officer is not prohibited from carrying a firearm into certain locations regardless of whether the officer is on or off duty; clarifies that the exemption to the ban on weapons in parks and other similar places for a law enforcement officer applies regardless of whether the officer is on duty. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 9, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 70 and Title 71, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation's report to the general assembly on the amount of money collected for handgun carry permit fees in excess of the costs associated with conducting background checks to be submitted by January 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 70 and Title 71.
Last Action: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Last Action Date: February 10, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to handgun carry permits.
Description: As introduced, allows a handgun carry permit holder to apply to the county clerk in the holder's county of residence, in addition to the department of safety, to renew the holder's permit; requires the department of safety to contract with county clerk offices for the provision of any service related to the renewal of handgun carry permits. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Last Action: Withdrawn.
Last Action Date: February 24, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504; Section 33-6-413; Section 38-8-116; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 50; Section 58-1-112 and Title 70, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, broadens the category of persons authorized to carry handguns within a public park to include handgun carry permit holders. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Section 33-6-413; Section 38-8-116; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 50; Section 58-1-112 and Title 70.
Last Action: Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: March 9, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1351, relative to the audit of handgun permit application fees.
Description: As enacted, deletes requirement that the comptroller of the treasury must conduct an annual audit of the Tennessee bureau of investigation regarding the bureau's receipt and use of the $15 portion of the handgun carry permit application fee to be used exclusively for updating and maintaining the fingerprint criminal history database. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 195
Last Action Date: May 3, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to taxation of gun safes and gun safety devices.
Description: As enacted, creates a sales tax holiday for the retail sale of gun safes and gun safety devices if sold between 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2021, and 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 592
Last Action Date: June 2, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35, relative to firearms.
Description: As enacted, creates an exception to the offense of unlawful carrying of a firearm, if a person meets age requirements, lawfully possesses the handgun, and is in a place that the person is lawfully present; revises other firearm statutes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 108
Last Action Date: April 12, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 54 and Title 8, Chapter 47, relative to the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act.
Description: As introduced, creates a civil action against any government entity, official, employee, or agent that violates a person's right to bear arms under the Tennessee Constitution or United States Constitution; specifies such a violation may be prosecuted as official oppression; provides for injunctive relief; clarifies that the enforcement of any law is not considered a violation. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 54 and Title 8, Chapter 47.
Last Action: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
Last Action Date: April 21, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 50 and Title 70, relative to weapons.
Description: As enacted, enacts the "Second Amendment Privacy and Protection Act of 2021," - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 50 and Title 70.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
Last Action Date: June 2, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 2, relative to reckless endangerment.
Description: As introduced, increases the punishment for reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon to a Class D felony if the offense occurred during a road rage incident. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 2.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: April 21, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to concealed handgun carry permits.
Description: As enacted, requires the department of safety to conduct a name-based criminal history record check every four years after a person is issued a concealed handgun carry permit; permits the department to revoke the permit if the person is ineligible to possess a firearm; implements a $50 fee for renewal of the permit. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
Last Action Date: May 9, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to the transfer of firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor offense of illegal transfer of a firearm to a prohibited possessor, which is committed when a person intentionally transfers a firearm to another who is known or should be known to be prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm by federal or state law. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Last Action Date: April 14, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, requires, when neither the seller nor purchaser of a firearm is a licensed gun dealer, that the transaction be completed through a licensed gun dealer, and that the dealer perform the same criminal history record check required for purchases from licensed gun dealers. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Last Action: Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
Last Action Date: April 6, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to firearms.
Description: As enacted, enacts the "Firearms Information Privacy Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
Last Action Date: June 1, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64 and Title 67, relative to manufacturers of ammunition components.
Description: As introduced, requires TACIR to perform a study and make recommendations to the general assembly regarding incentives to encourage and facilitate the relocation of manufacturers of ammunition components to this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64 and Title 67.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
Last Action Date: March 23, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to preventing the theft of firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of leaving a firearm unattended in a motor vehicle or boat, if the firearm is not locked within a trunk, glove box, or interior of the person's motor vehicle or boat or within a container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or boat. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: February 24, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 39, relative to emergency protection orders.
Description: As introduced, allows a court to issue an emergency protection order upon a finding that a person poses an imminent risk of harm to the person or others if allowed to purchase or possess a firearm; authorizes a family member, household member, intimate partner, or law enforcement officer to petition for such an order. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
Last Action: Failed in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 31, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, relative to carrying of firearms by certain persons.
Description: As introduced, deletes the requirement that a retired law enforcement officer submit to a criminal history records check in order to carry a firearm in the same manner as an active law enforcement officer under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 38.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 30, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to the carrying of weapons.
Description: As introduced, deletes the criminal offense prohibiting a person from carrying a firearm or club with the intent to go armed and defenses and exceptions to that offense; makes various other changes with regard to possession of a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: April 27, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to sentencing.
Description: As enacted, classifies the offense of reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle as a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 505
Last Action Date: June 1, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to extreme risk protection orders.
Description: As introduced, allows a court to issue an extreme risk protection order upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence that a person poses a significant risk of harm to the person or others if allowed to possess or purchase a firearm; authorizes a law enforcement officer or family or household member to petition for such an order. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Last Action: Failed in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 2, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to handgun carry permits.
Description: As introduced, waives the application fee for an enhanced handgun carry permit for retired members of the military who are residents of the state. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Chapter 108 of the Public Acts of 2021, relative to carrying firearms.
Description: As introduced, deletes the affirmative defense to unlawfully carrying a firearm for persons who lawfully possess a handgun but are not handgun carry permit holders. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Chapter 108 of the Public Acts of 2021.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 30, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, lowers the age requirement to obtain an enhanced or concealed handgun carry permit or lawfully carry a handgun in public from 21 to 18 years of age; states that the statutory authorization to transport or store a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle under certain circumstances does not apply to a person under 21 years of age in a parking area that is owned, operated, or while in use by any school, unless the person is at least 18 years of age and meets certain military qualifications. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
Last Action Date: April 25, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 39, relative to justification excluding criminal responsibility.
Description: As introduced, requires a court to order the state to reimburse a criminal defendant for all reasonable costs incurred in defense if the defendant was charged with a criminal homicide offense and found not guilty due to the justification of self-defense and the trier of fact determines that the defendant proved the self-defense claim by a preponderance of the evidence; authorizes the court to order the state or the prosecuting attorney, in their individual capacity, to pay damages for malicious prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 39.
Last Action: Withdrawn.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to gun violence.
Description: As introduced, requires certain departments to create programs to reduce gun violence in communities, including a youth employment program, violence intervention program, and firearm buyback program; requires the department of health to submit a quarterly report to the legislature and counties and municipalities on the effects of gun violence in communities. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50; Title 68 and Title 71.
Last Action: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
Last Action Date: April 6, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 70, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, renames enhanced and concealed handgun carry permits as enhanced and concealed firearm carry permits and authorizes a permit holder to carry any firearms, rather than handguns, that the permit holder legally owns or possesses; expands the circumstances in which a permit holder may carry a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 70.
Last Action: Sponsor(s) Added.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39, relative to dispossession of firearms.
Description: As introduced, requires a domestic assault offender who transferred possession of a firearm to a third party in order to dispossess the firearm to submit to the court an affidavit of firearms receipt in which the third party attests that the third party may lawfully possess a firearm, has received the firearm from the defendant, and accepts responsibility for possession of the firearm. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39.
Last Action: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: January 28, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 8, relative to retired law enforcement officers.
Description: As introduced, increases from $5.00 to $6.00 the maximum fee that a sheriff may charge a retired law enforcement officer for taking the officer's fingerprints to run a background check on the officer for purposes of authorizing the officer to carry a firearm under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8.
Last Action: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Last Action Date: January 31, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of knowingly giving, loaning, or transferring a firearm to another that the person knows or reasonably should know is prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: February 1, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to taxation of gun safes and gun safety devices.
Description: As introduced, permanently exempts from sales and use tax, the retail sale of gun safes and gun safety devices; removes the one-year sales tax holiday. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: April 26, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates the offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle or boat while the person is not in the motor vehicle or boat unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or boat; requires the owner of a firearm to report the loss or theft of the firearm to law enforcement within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or theft. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Sponsor(s) Added.
Last Action Date: March 9, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to handgun carry permits.
Description: As introduced, extends the validity of enhanced handgun carry permits from an eight-year period to the lifetime of the permit holder; permits a permit holder to submit a permit with an expiration date to the department of safety in order to receive a reissued permit without an expiration date. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: April 26, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 58, relative to weapons.
Description: As introduced, changes from January 1 to January 15, the date by which the department of safety must annually report to each member of the general assembly a statistical report for the preceding calendar year that includes the number of handgun permits issued, denied, revoked, or suspended by the department; the cost of the program; the revenues derived from fees; the number of violations of the enhanced handgun carry permit law; and the average time for issuance of an enhanced handgun carry permit. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 58.
Last Action: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Last Action Date: February 3, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As enacted, removes a short-barrel rifle or shotgun from the list of weapons the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of which is prohibited under state law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1038
Last Action Date: May 25, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to weapons.
Description: As introduced, revises various provisions governing the prohibition or restriction of weapons at meetings or on property owned by a private or government entity, including eliminating the prohibitions a local government can place on possession of a handgun in certain locations such as libraries, child care agencies, buildings containing a law enforcement agency, and facilities that administer a Head Start program; removes the limitation of the concealed carry restriction to only persons with an enhanced handgun carry permit; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Failed for lack of second in: Civil Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: March 22, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to weapons.
Description: As introduced, eliminates the criminal offenses of possession of a firearm or club with intent to go armed, possession of a deadly weapon other than a firearm with the intent to employ it during the commission of a dangerous offense, possession of a deadly weapon with the intent to employ it during the commission of any offense other than a dangerous offense, and possession of a weapon with intent to go armed in a park, playground, civic center, or other recreational building. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal. in Criminal Justice Committee
Last Action Date: April 13, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12; Title 39; Title 40; Title 47; Title 53; Title 55; Title 57; Title 67; Title 69 and Title 70, relative to forfeiture.
Description: As introduced, enacts the "Criminal Forfeiture Process Act"; replaces civil forfeiture with criminal forfeiture process for property seized for forfeiture in connection with criminal offenses. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 39; Title 40; Title 47; Title 53; Title 55; Title 57; Title 67; Title 69 and Title 70.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 30, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, expands the definition of "law enforcement officer" to include a person who has been issued an enhanced handgun carry permit; provided, that the permit is not suspended, revoked, or expired, for purposes of authority to carry a firearm under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 22, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to the public health effects of gun violence.
Description: As introduced, requires the department to submit to the legislature a quarterly report on the public health impacts of gun violence on local communities, including data on the deaths, disabilities, and economic hardships stemming from gun violence, data on mental health ailments of perpetrators of gun violence, and research-based information from which to make informed decisions on how best to protect Tennesseans from gun violence. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Last Action: Failed in Health Committee
Last Action Date: March 30, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to regulation of proprietary institutions.
Description: As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016, which governs proprietary higher education institutions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1044
Last Action Date: May 25, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor offense of recklessly storing a firearm in a manner that the person knows or reasonably should know will allow a child under 18 years of age to access the firearm and the child brings the firearm to a school. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 30, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68, Chapter 7, relative to medical cannabis.
Description: As introduced, establishes a medical cannabis program under the purview of the medical cannabis commission; establishes a patient registry for qualified patients and authorizes the possession of certain medical cannabis products by qualified patients and designated caregivers; redefines the term "marijuana" to exclude products containing less than 0.9 percent delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68, Chapter 7.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal. in Criminal Justice Committee
Last Action Date: April 13, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, prohibits law enforcement agencies from participating in firearms buyback programs that do not offer 75 percent or more of fair market value for firearm being surrendered; authorizes law enforcement agencies to accept donations to provide incentives for individuals to participate in firearm safety training. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 9, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 49 and Title 50, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, repeals the law that allows authorized persons to transport or store a firearm or firearm ammunition in the person's motor vehicle while on or utilizing a public or private parking area if the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49 and Title 50.
Last Action: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, requires any person or entity posting signage prohibiting the possession of firearms on a property to accept custodial responsibility for the safety and defense of any person authorized to carry a handgun, while the person is on the property; mandates that any notice or signage posted forbidding firearm possession also contain language stating that a person authorized to carry a handgun is under the custodial responsibility of the posting person or entity. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Sponsor(s) Added.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to use of force.
Description: As introduced, grants a defendant who has been charged with a criminal offense based on the use of force or threatened use of force and who asserts that the force was justified by law the right to at least two justifiable use of force hearings prior to trial, at which the prosecution has the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the use of force was unlawful; requires the court to dismiss the criminal charges and find the defendant immune from criminal prosecution if the prosecution fails to meet that burden. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 23, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of knowingly or recklessly permitting a child under 12 years of age to have access to or possession, custody, or use of a firearm unless the person has the permission of the child's parent or guardian, the child is under the supervision of an adult, and the firearm was used for lawful sporting activity; increases the punishment for illegally providing a handgun to a juvenile from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 29, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates the offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle or boat while the person is not in the motor vehicle or boat unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or boat. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
Last Action Date: April 6, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 39, relative to a handgun safety course.
Description: As introduced, requires the department of safety to create a voucher program for the purpose of providing a handgun safety course to purchasers of handguns at no cost to the handgun purchaser; limits the value of the voucher to $30. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: April 26, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to a voluntary waiver of firearm rights.
Description: As introduced, creates a process for a person to file a voluntary waiver of firearm rights for the purpose of prohibiting the person from purchasing a firearm; provides for a revocation of the voluntary waiver of firearm rights; creates the offense of selling or transferring a firearm to a person knowing that the person has executed a voluntary waiver of firearm rights that has not been revoked. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: February 9, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, requires a person to obtain an enhanced or concealed handgun permit to carry a handgun in certain counties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 13, 2023
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to firearm safety instruction.
Description: As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Last Action Date: March 16, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to handgun carry permits.
Description: As introduced, waives the application fee for an enhanced handgun carry permit for retired members of the military who are residents of the state. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: May 4, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to disposition of confiscated weapons.
Description: As enacted, expands the type of equipment for which law enforcement agencies may exchange confiscated weapons to include any equipment suitable for use for legitimate law enforcement purposes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
Last Action Date: May 3, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to handgun carry permits.
Description: As introduced, allows a handgun carry permit holder to apply to the county clerk in the holder's county of residence, in addition to the department of safety, to renew the holder's permit; requires the department of safety to contract with county clerk offices for the provision of any service related to the renewal of handgun carry permits. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 26, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 50 and Title 70, relative to the carrying of firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates exceptions to the offense of open or concealed carrying of a firearm with the intent to go armed for any person legally in possession and not prohibited from possessing a firearm; converts existing defenses to be exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 50 and Title 70.
Last Action: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 1/13/2022
Last Action Date: April 13, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 70 and Title 71, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation's report to the general assembly on the amount of money collected for handgun carry permit fees in excess of the costs associated with conducting background checks to be submitted by January 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 70 and Title 71.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 10, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to extreme risk protection orders.
Description: As introduced, allows a court to issue an extreme risk protection order upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence that a person poses a significant risk of harm to the person or others if allowed to possess or purchase a firearm; authorizes a law enforcement officer or family or household member to petition for such an order. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 10, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, clarifies that a law enforcement officer is not prohibited from carrying a firearm into certain locations regardless of whether the officer is on or off duty; clarifies that the exemption to the ban on weapons in parks and other similar places for a law enforcement officer applies regardless of whether the officer is on duty. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 26, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1351, relative to the audit of handgun permit application fees.
Description: As enacted, deletes requirement that the comptroller of the treasury must conduct an annual audit of the Tennessee bureau of investigation regarding the bureau's receipt and use of the $15 portion of the handgun carry permit application fee to be used exclusively for updating and maintaining the fingerprint criminal history database. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 04/22/2021
Last Action Date: May 3, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to taxation of gun safes and gun safety devices.
Description: As enacted, creates a sales tax holiday for the retail sale of gun safes and gun safety devices if sold between 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2021, and 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 05/27/2021
Last Action Date: June 2, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 16; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 70, relative to firearms.
Description: As enacted, clarifies that the term "crime of violence" in regard to weapons offenses includes aggravated rape of a child rather than especially aggravated rape of a child. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 16; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 70.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 05/13/2021
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 39, relative to firearm laws.
Description: As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Firearm Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 05/13/2021
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35, relative to firearms.
Description: As enacted, creates an exception to the offense of unlawful carrying of a firearm, if a person meets age requirements, lawfully possesses the handgun, and is in a place that the person is lawfully present; revises other firearm statutes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
Last Action Date: April 12, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1309 and Section 39-17-1350, relative to law enforcement officers.
Description: As introduced, removes requirement that an off-duty law enforcement officer notify principal or other administrative staff person if the off-duty officer will be present on school grounds or inside school building during regular school hours and in possession of a firearm. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1309 and Section 39-17-1350.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 22, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504; Section 33-6-413; Section 38-8-116; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 50; Section 58-1-112 and Title 70, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, broadens the category of persons authorized to carry handguns within a public park to include handgun carry permit holders. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Section 33-6-413; Section 38-8-116; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 50; Section 58-1-112 and Title 70.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 22, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to concealed handgun carry permits.
Description: As enacted, requires the department of safety to conduct a name-based criminal history record check every four years after a person is issued a concealed handgun carry permit; permits the department to revoke the permit if the person is ineligible to possess a firearm; implements a $50 fee for renewal of the permit. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1000
Last Action Date: May 9, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to preventing the theft of firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of leaving a firearm unattended in a motor vehicle or boat, if the firearm is not locked within a trunk, glove box, or interior of the person's motor vehicle or boat or within a container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or boat. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 22, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 39, relative to emergency protection orders.
Description: As introduced, allows a court to issue an emergency protection order upon a finding that a person poses an imminent risk of harm to the person or others if allowed to purchase or possess a firearm; authorizes a family member, household member, intimate partner, or law enforcement officer to petition for such an order. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 22, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-11-611, relative to self-defense.
Description: As introduced, provides that a person's use of force in self-defense is not justified if the person was engaged in conduct that would constitute a felony or Class A misdemeanor, rather than unlawful activity, at the time of the use of force. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-611.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: April 13, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to the transfer of firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor offense of illegal transfer of a firearm to a prohibited possessor, which is committed when a person intentionally transfers a firearm to another who is known or should be known to be prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm by federal or state law. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 22, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, requires, when neither the seller nor purchaser of a firearm is a licensed gun dealer, that the transaction be completed through a licensed gun dealer, and that the dealer perform the same criminal history record check required for purchases from licensed gun dealers. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 22, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to firearms.
Description: As enacted, enacts the "Firearms Information Privacy Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 540
Last Action Date: June 1, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64 and Title 67, relative to manufacturers of ammunition components.
Description: As introduced, requires TACIR to perform a study and make recommendations to the general assembly regarding incentives to encourage and facilitate the relocation of manufacturers of ammunition components to this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64 and Title 67.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Last Action Date: February 22, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to taxation of gun safes and gun safety devices.
Description: As introduced, exempts from sales tax purchases of gun safes and gun safety devices. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Last Action: Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Revenue Subcommittee
Last Action Date: February 23, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 54 and Title 8, Chapter 47, relative to the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act.
Description: As introduced, creates a civil action against any government entity, official, employee, or agent that violates a person's right to bear arms under the Tennessee Constitution or United States Constitution; specifies such a violation may be prosecuted as official oppression; provides for injunctive relief; clarifies that the enforcement of any law is not considered a violation. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 54 and Title 8, Chapter 47.
Last Action: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee / no second
Last Action Date: April 13, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 50 and Title 70, relative to weapons.
Description: As enacted, enacts the "Second Amendment Privacy and Protection Act of 2021," - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 50 and Title 70.
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 554
Last Action Date: June 2, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to sentencing.
Description: As enacted, classifies the offense of reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle as a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
Last Action Date: June 1, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to the carrying of weapons.
Description: As introduced, deletes the criminal offense prohibiting a person from carrying a firearm or club with the intent to go armed and defenses and exceptions to that offense; makes various other changes with regard to possession of a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: April 13, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 54; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Section 50-1-312; Title 55 and Title 70, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, changes from February 1 to March 1 the due date for the TBI's annual report to the general assembly on the amount of money collected for handgun carry permit fees in excess of the costs associated with conducting background checks. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 54; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Section 50-1-312; Title 55 and Title 70.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 22, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to purchases of gun safes.
Description: As introduced, exempts sales of gun safes from sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67.
Last Action: Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Revenue Subcommittee
Last Action Date: February 23, 2021
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to gun violence.
Description: As introduced, requires certain departments to create programs to reduce gun violence in communities, including a youth employment program, violence intervention program, and firearm buyback program; requires the department of health to submit a quarterly report to the legislature and counties and municipalities on the effects of gun violence in communities. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50; Title 68 and Title 71.
Last Action: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 22, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39, relative to dispossession of firearms.
Description: As introduced, requires a domestic assault offender who transferred possession of a firearm to a third party in order to dispossess the firearm to submit to the court an affidavit of firearms receipt in which the third party attests that the third party may lawfully possess a firearm, has received the firearm from the defendant, and accepts responsibility for possession of the firearm. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: January 24, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of knowingly giving, loaning, or transferring a firearm to another that the person knows or reasonably should know is prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: January 27, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 49 and Title 50, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, repeals the law that allows authorized persons to transport or store a firearm or firearm ammunition in the person's motor vehicle while on or utilizing a public or private parking area if the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49 and Title 50.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: January 31, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to taxation of gun safes and gun safety devices.
Description: As introduced, permanently exempts from sales and use tax, the retail sale of gun safes and gun safety devices; removes the one-year sales tax holiday. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: April 26, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to a voluntary waiver of firearm rights.
Description: As introduced, creates a process for a person to file a voluntary waiver of firearm rights for the purpose of prohibiting the person from purchasing a firearm; provides for a revocation of the voluntary waiver of firearm rights; creates the offense of selling or transferring a firearm to a person knowing that the person has executed a voluntary waiver of firearm rights that has not been revoked. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 2, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 39, relative to a handgun safety course.
Description: As introduced, requires the department of safety to create a voucher program for the purpose of providing a handgun safety course to purchasers of handguns at no cost to the handgun purchaser; limits the value of the voucher to $50. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.
Last Action: Withdrawn.
Last Action Date: January 31, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 39, relative to a handgun safety course.
Description: As introduced, requires the department of safety to create a voucher program for the purpose of providing a handgun safety course to purchasers of handguns at no cost to the handgun purchaser; limits the value of the voucher to $30. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: April 26, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to a voluntary waiver of firearm rights.
Description: As introduced, creates a process for a person to file a voluntary waiver of firearm rights for the purpose of prohibiting the person from purchasing a firearm; provides for a revocation of the voluntary waiver of firearm rights; creates the offense of selling or transferring a firearm to a person knowing that the person has executed a voluntary waiver of firearm rights that has not been revoked. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 3, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates the offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle or boat while the person is not in the motor vehicle or boat unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or boat; requires the owner of a firearm to report the loss or theft of the firearm to law enforcement within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or theft. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 16, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor offense of recklessly storing a firearm in a manner that the person knows or reasonably should know will allow a child under 18 years of age to access the firearm and the child brings the firearm to a school. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/5/2022
Last Action Date: March 30, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 58, relative to weapons.
Description: As introduced, changes from January 1 to January 15, the date by which the department of safety must annually report to each member of the general assembly a statistical report for the preceding calendar year that includes the number of handgun permits issued, denied, revoked, or suspended by the department; the cost of the program; the revenues derived from fees; the number of violations of the enhanced handgun carry permit law; and the average time for issuance of an enhanced handgun carry permit. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 58.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 3, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, lowers the age requirement to obtain an enhanced or concealed handgun carry permit or lawfully carry a handgun in public from 21 to 18 years of age; states that the statutory authorization to transport or store a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle under certain circumstances does not apply to a person under 21 years of age in a parking area that is owned, operated, or while in use by any school, unless the person is at least 18 years of age and meets certain military qualifications. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: April 6, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Chapter 108 of the Public Acts of 2021, relative to carrying firearms.
Description: As introduced, deletes the affirmative defense to unlawfully carrying a firearm for persons who lawfully possess a handgun but are not handgun carry permit holders. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Chapter 108 of the Public Acts of 2021.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 3, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to weapons.
Description: As introduced, revises various provisions governing the prohibition or restriction of weapons at meetings or on property owned by a private or government entity, including eliminating the prohibitions a local government can place on possession of a handgun in certain locations such as libraries, child care agencies, buildings containing a law enforcement agency, and facilities that administer a Head Start program; removes the limitation of the concealed carry restriction to only persons with an enhanced handgun carry permit; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 22, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, expands the definition of "law enforcement officer" to include a person who has been issued an enhanced handgun carry permit; provided, that the permit is not suspended, revoked, or expired, for purposes of authority to carry a firearm under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 22, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, prohibits law enforcement agencies from participating in firearms buyback programs that do not offer 75 percent or more of fair market value for firearm being surrendered; authorizes law enforcement agencies to accept donations to provide incentives for individuals to participate in firearm safety training. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 7, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, requires the department of safety to issue a replacement handgun carry permit bearing the title "enhanced handgun carry permit" upon the renewal or request of a holder of a valid handgun carry permit issued prior to January 1, 2020; allows the department to charge a fee of $15; prohibits the department from requiring additional tests or classes for the issuance of the replacement permit. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 7, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As enacted, removes a short-barrel rifle or shotgun from the list of weapons the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of which is prohibited under state law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
Last Action Date: May 25, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of knowingly or recklessly permitting a child under 12 years of age to have access to or possession, custody, or use of a firearm unless the person has the permission of the child's parent or guardian, the child is under the supervision of an adult, and the firearm was used for lawful sporting activity; increases the punishment for illegally providing a handgun to a juvenile from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 29, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, requires any person or entity posting signage prohibiting the possession of firearms on a property to accept custodial responsibility for the safety and defense of any person authorized to carry a handgun, while the person is on the property; mandates that any notice or signage posted forbidding firearm possession also contain language stating that a person authorized to carry a handgun is under the custodial responsibility of the posting person or entity. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 16, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to handgun carry permits.
Description: As introduced, extends the validity of enhanced handgun carry permits from an eight-year period to the lifetime of the permit holder; permits a permit holder to submit a permit with an expiration date to the department of safety in order to receive a reissued permit without an expiration date. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: April 26, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, creates the offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle or boat while the person is not in the motor vehicle or boat unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or boat. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 7, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to the public health effects of gun violence.
Description: As introduced, requires the department to submit to the legislature a quarterly report on the public health impacts of gun violence on local communities, including data on the deaths, disabilities, and economic hardships stemming from gun violence, data on mental health ailments of perpetrators of gun violence, and research-based information from which to make informed decisions on how best to protect Tennesseans from gun violence. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: April 26, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 70, relative to firearms.
Description: As introduced, renames enhanced and concealed handgun carry permits as enhanced and concealed firearm carry permits and authorizes a permit holder to carry any firearms, rather than handguns, that the permit holder legally owns or possesses; expands the circumstances in which a permit holder may carry a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 70.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: February 7, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to use of force.
Description: As introduced, grants a defendant who has been charged with a criminal offense based on the use of force or threatened use of force and who asserts that the force was justified by law the right to at least two justifiable use of force hearings prior to trial, at which the prosecution has the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the use of force was unlawful; requires the court to dismiss the criminal charges and find the defendant immune from criminal prosecution if the prosecution fails to meet that burden. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2022
Last Action Date: March 8, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to regulation of proprietary institutions.
Description: As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016, which governs proprietary higher education institutions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
Last Action: Effective date(s) 05/11/2022, 07/01/2022
Last Action Date: May 25, 2022
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to weapons.
Description: As introduced, eliminates the criminal offenses of possession of a firearm or club with intent to go armed, possession of a deadly weapon other than a firearm with the intent to employ it during the commission of a dangerous offense, possession of a deadly weapon with the intent to employ it during the commission of any offense other than a dangerous offense, and possession of a weapon with intent to go armed in a park, playground, civic center, or other recreational building. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action: Deferred to Summer Study
Last Action Date: April 6, 2022
