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4 total bills, 2 anti-gun bills,
1 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation

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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.

this is an pro-gun bill

SJR0028

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: Filed for introduction

Last Action Date: January 16, 2025

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SB0033

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: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

Last Action Date: January 14, 2025

this is an anti-gun bill

SB0034

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: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

Last Action Date: January 14, 2025

this is an anti-gun bill

SB0043

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: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

Last Action Date: January 14, 2025

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