Help us keep you informed about new legislation that could effect your right to bear arms. Even a small donation helps us keep this running. Please consider signing up for a paying membership or making a donation, every little bit helps.

toggle menu

Passed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB0494

  watching this bill
Legislation Overview

Title: As enacted, eliminates the special privilege tax on ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 8-8-201 and Title 70, Chapter 3.

Subject: Taxes, Privilege

Description: As enacted, eliminates the special privilege tax on ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 8-8-201 and Title 70, Chapter 3.

Session: 111th General Assembly

Last Action: Pub. Ch. 509

Last Action Date: June 6, 2019

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'.

39 sponsors: Clay Doggett (R); Bruce Griffey (R); Andy Holt (R); Matthew Hill (R); Mark Hall (R); Ron Gant (R); Timothy Hill (R); Cameron Sexton (R); William Lamberth (R); Rick Eldridge (R); James Van Huss (R); John Crawford (R); Gregory Terry (R); Scott Cepicky (R); Tom Leatherwood (R); Kirk Haston (R); Rush Bricken (R); Thomas Tillis (R); Chris Todd (R); Jerome Moon (R); John Ragan (R); Mark Cochran (R); Dennis Powers (R); Jeremy Faison (R); Paul Sherrell (R); David Byrd (R); Kelly Keisling (R); John Windle (D); Bob Freeman (D); Justin Lafferty (R); Jerry Sexton (R); Susan Lynn (R); Terri Lynn Weaver (R); Dan Howell (R); Kent Calfee (R); Mary Littleton (R); Michael Curcio (R); Chris Hurt (R); Sabi Kumar (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 39% (39 of 99)

History
Chamber Date Action
Jun 6, 2019 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
Jun 6, 2019 Pub. Ch. 509
Jun 3, 2019 Signed by Governor.
House May 23, 2019 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
Senate May 17, 2019 Signed by Senate Speaker
House May 10, 2019 Signed by H. Speaker
House May 8, 2019 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
Senate May 1, 2019 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
Senate May 1, 2019 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0, PNV 6
Senate May 1, 2019 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
House Apr 30, 2019 Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 13, PNV 0
House Apr 30, 2019 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
House Apr 29, 2019 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
House Apr 24, 2019 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House Apr 24, 2019 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
House Apr 24, 2019 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
House Apr 24, 2019 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
House Apr 17, 2019 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/25/2019
House Mar 6, 2019 Placed behind the budget
House Feb 27, 2019 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
House Feb 6, 2019 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
House Feb 6, 2019 P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House Feb 4, 2019 Intro., P1C.
House Feb 1, 2019 Filed for introduction
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Chaptered Jun 5, 2019 state link bill text
Draft Feb 1, 2019 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
04/30/2019 82 13 0 0 Yes
  • Baum, Charlie (R) Yea
  • Beck, Bill (D) Nay
  • Boyd, Clark (R) Yea
  • Bricken, Rush (R) Yea
  • Byrd, David (R) Yea
  • Calfee, Kent (R) Yea
  • Camper, Karen (D) Nay
  • Carr, Dale (R) Yea
  • Carter, Mike (R) Yea
  • Casada, Glen (R) Yea
  • Cepicky, Scott (R) Yea
  • Chism, Jesse (D) Yea
  • Clemmons, John (D) Nay
  • Cochran, Mark (R) Yea
  • Coley, Jim (R) Yea
  • Cooper, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Crawford, John (R) Yea
  • Curcio, Michael (R) Yea
  • Daniel, Martin (R) Yea
  • DeBerry, John (D) Yea
  • Dixie, Vincent (D) Nay
  • Doggett, Clay (R) Yea
  • Dunn, Bill (R) Yea
  • Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea
  • Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea
  • Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Bob (D) Yea
  • Gant, Ron (R) Yea
  • Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea
  • Griffey, Bruce (R) Yea
  • Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Yea
  • Halford, Curtis (R) Yea
  • Hall, Mark (R) Yea
  • Hardaway, G (D) Nay
  • Haston, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Hawk, David (R) Yea
  • Hazlewood, Patsy (R) Yea
  • Helton, Esther (R) Yea
  • Hicks, Gary (R) Yea
  • Hill, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Hill, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Hodges, Jason (D) Yea
  • Holsclaw, John (R) Yea
  • Holt, Andy (R) Yea
  • Howell, Dan (R) Yea
  • Hulsey, Bud (R) Yea
  • Hurt, Chris (R) Yea
  • Jernigan, Darren (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Curtis (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Gloria (D) Nay
  • Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Kumar, Sabi (R) Yea
  • Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea
  • Lamar, London (D) Nay
  • Lamberth, William (R) Yea
  • Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea
  • Littleton, Mary (R) Yea
  • Lynn, Susan (R) Yea
  • Marsh, Pat (R) Yea
  • Miller, Larry (D) Yea
  • Mitchell, Bo (D) Nay
  • Moody, Debra (R) Yea
  • Moon, Jerome (R) Yea
  • Ogles, Brandon (R) Yea
  • Parkinson, Antonio (D) Yea
  • Potts, Jason (D) Nay
  • Powell, Jason (D) Nay
  • Powers, Dennis (R) Yea
  • Ragan, John (R) Yea
  • Ramsey, Bob (R) Yea
  • Reedy, Jay (R) Yea
  • Rudd, Tim (R) Yea
  • Rudder, Iris (R) Yea
  • Sanderson, Bill (R) Yea
  • Sexton, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Sexton, Jerry (R) Yea
  • Shaw, Johnny (D) Yea
  • Sherrell, Paul (R) Yea
  • Smith, Robin (R) Yea
  • Sparks, Mike (R) Yea
  • Staples, Rick (D) Yea
  • Stewart, Mike (D) Nay
  • Thompson, Dwayne (D) Nay
  • Tillis, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Todd, Chris (R) Yea
  • Towns, Joe (D) Yea
  • Travis, Ron (R) Yea
  • Van Huss, James (R) Yea
  • Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Weaver, Terri Lynn (R) Yea
  • White, Mark (R) Yea
  • Whitson, Sam (R) Yea
  • Williams, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Windle, John (D) Yea
  • Zachary, Jason (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/1/2019 27 0 6 0 Yes
  • Akbari, Raumesh (D) NV
  • Bailey, Paul (R) Yea
  • Bell, Mike (R) Yea
  • Bowling, Janince (R) Yea
  • Briggs, Richard (R) Yea
  • Crowe, Rusty (R) Yea
  • Dickerson, Steven (R) Yea
  • Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea
  • Gilmore, Brenda (D) NV
  • Gresham, Dolores (R) Yea
  • Haile, Ferrell (R) Yea
  • Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Edward (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Jack (R) Yea
  • Kelsey, Brian (R) Yea
  • Kyle, Sara (D) NV
  • Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea
  • Massey, Becky (R) Yea
  • McNally, Randy (R) Yea
  • Niceley, Frank (R) Yea
  • Pody, Mark (R) Yea
  • Powers, Bill (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Shane (R) Yea
  • Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea
  • Robinson, Katrina (D) NV
  • Rose, Paul (R) Yea
  • Southerland, Steve (R) NV
  • Stevens, John (R) Yea
  • Swann, Art (R) Yea
  • Watson, Bo (R) Yea
  • White, Dawn (R) Yea
  • Yager, Ken (R) Yea
  • Yarbro, Jeff (D) NV
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

Discuss this bill and other firearm related topics in our discussion forum