Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB2149
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 39, relative to a handgun safety course.
Subject: Firearms and Ammunition
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.
Session: 112th General Assembly
Last Action: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Last Action Date: April 26, 2022
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'.
3 sponsors: Becky Massey (R); Richard Briggs (R); Ferrell Haile (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 9% (3 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 26, 2022 | Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| Senate | Apr 21, 2022 | Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/26/2022 |
| Senate | Apr 19, 2022 | Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/26/2022 |
| Senate | Apr 14, 2022 | Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022 |
| Senate | Apr 12, 2022 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| Senate | Apr 12, 2022 | Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/19/2022 |
| Senate | Apr 6, 2022 | Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/12/2022 |
| Senate | Mar 22, 2022 | Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 |
| Senate | Mar 16, 2022 | Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Mar 16, 2022 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022 |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2022 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022 |
| Senate | Feb 18, 2022 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2022 | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2022 | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2022 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Jan 31, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| SA0723 | Amendment 1-0 to SB2149 | Mar 23, 2022 | 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 |
| SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 | 03/22/2022 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
Link: link to state bill page
