Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB0947
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Subject: Firearms and Ammunition
Description: As introduced, enacts "Akilah's Law," which creates the offense of selling, offering to sell, delivering, or transferring a firearm to a person knowing the person has been a patient in a mental institution at any time within the previous five years. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Session: 114th General Assembly
Last Action: Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
Last Action Date: April 2, 2025
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
24 sponsors: Shaundelle Brooks (D); Justin Jones (D); Jason Powell (D); Gabby Salinas (D); Bo Mitchell (D); Vincent Dixie (D); Gloria Johnson (D); G.A. Hardaway (D); Ronnie Glynn (D); Caleb Hemmer (D); Joe Towns (D); Karen Camper (D); John Clemmons (D); Antonio Parkinson (D); Johnny Shaw (D); Sam McKenzie (D); Larry Miller (D); Jesse Chism (D); Aftyn Behn (D); Yusuf Hakeem (D); Torrey Harris (D); Bob Freeman (D); Justin Pearson (D); Harold Love (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 24% (24 of 99)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 2, 2025 | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025 |
| House | Apr 2, 2025 | Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2025 |
| House | Mar 27, 2025 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025 |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee |
| House | Mar 25, 2025 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Mar 19, 2025 | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025 |
| House | Mar 19, 2025 | Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2025 |
| House | Mar 12, 2025 | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025 |
| House | Feb 25, 2025 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Feb 24, 2025 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Feb 20, 2025 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Feb 19, 2025 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Feb 11, 2025 | Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Feb 10, 2025 | P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee |
| House | Feb 6, 2025 | Intro., P1C. |
| House | Feb 4, 2025 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Feb 6, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Draft | Feb 4, 2025 | 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
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee | 03/26/2025 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
