8 total bills, 5 anti-gun bills,
1 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation
8 total bills, 5 anti-gun bills,
1 pro-gun bills for this session
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note: Legislation carries over from odd-numbered to even-numbered years. All bills that did not go to the Governor for action are carried over.
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 for recklessly storing a firearm in a manner that a person knows or reasonably should know will allow a child younger than 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: Intro., P1C.
Last Action Date: January 27, 2025
Title: A RESOLUTION to express support for the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of the 119th U.S. Congress.
Description: Expresses support for the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of the 119th U.S. Congress.
Last Action: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Last Action Date: January 27, 2025
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, relative to the offense of reckless endangerment.
Description: As introduced, enacts "MaKayla's Law," which amends the offense of reckless endangerment to specifically include a person's reckless failure to render inoperable or safely secure or lock a firearm, resulting in a child under 13 gaining possession of the firearm and injuring or killing the child or another. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments
Last Action Date: January 15, 2025
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 for knowingly giving, selling, lending, delivering, or otherwise transferring a firearm to a person when the transferor knows or reasonably should know that the person receiving the firearm is prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm under state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments
Last Action Date: January 15, 2025
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to the carrying of firearms.
Description: As introduced, authorizes a county legislative body to elect not to permit persons within the county to lawfully carry a handgun without a handgun carry permit by passage of a resolution; requires a county that has passed such a resolution to provide notice to persons present within the county by posting notice of the resolution in conspicuous public locations throughout the county. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Last Action: Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments
Last Action Date: January 15, 2025
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal justice.
Description: As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45, the number of days a sheriff has to provide the department of safety with any information that is within the knowledge of the sheriff concerning an applicant's truthfulness on an application for an enhanced handgun carry permit. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
Last Action: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Last Action Date: January 27, 2025
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses.
Description: As introduced, creates a Class E felony for altering or defacing a permanent distinguishing number on a firearm and selling, purchasing, or possessing such a firearm with a mandatory minimum sentence of 180 days incarceration. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40.
Last Action: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Last Action Date: January 27, 2025
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 for recklessly storing a firearm in a manner that a person knows or reasonably should know will allow a child younger than 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: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Last Action Date: January 27, 2025
