Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB0477
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to firearms.
Subject: Firearms and Ammunition
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.
Session: 112th General Assembly
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee
Last Action Date: March 9, 2022
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Mark White (R); Jerome Moon (R); Tom Leatherwood (R); Kevin Vaughan (R); John Gillespie (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 5% (5 of 99)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 9, 2022 | Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee |
| House | Mar 2, 2022 | Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/9/2022 |
| House | Mar 2, 2022 | Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/9/2022 |
| House | Feb 23, 2022 | Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/2/2022 |
| House | Feb 22, 2022 | Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee |
| House | Feb 16, 2022 | Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/22/2022 |
| House | Mar 9, 2021 | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee |
| House | Mar 3, 2021 | Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2021 |
| House | Feb 23, 2021 | Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/9/2021 |
| House | Feb 17, 2021 | Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/23/2021 |
| House | Feb 16, 2021 | Meeting Canceled |
| House | Feb 10, 2021 | P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee |
| House | Feb 10, 2021 | Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/16/2021 |
| House | Feb 10, 2021 | Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Feb 8, 2021 | Intro., P1C. |
| House | Feb 3, 2021 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Feb 3, 2021 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
