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Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB0972

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Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67, relative to motor vehicles.

Subject: Motor Vehicles

Description: As introduced, revises various provisions of the Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight Normalization Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67.

Session: 114th General Assembly

Last Action: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Last Action Date: March 24, 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'.

4 sponsors: Jake McCalmon (R); Ron Gant (R); Pat Marsh (R); Ron Travis (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (4 of 99)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Mar 24, 2025 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House Mar 19, 2025 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/24/2025
House Mar 19, 2025 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee
House Mar 12, 2025 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee
House Mar 12, 2025 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Mar 12, 2025 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/19/2025
House Mar 5, 2025 Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
House Mar 5, 2025 Action Def. in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee to 3/12/2025
House Feb 26, 2025 Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
House Feb 11, 2025 Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee
House Feb 10, 2025 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee - Government Operations for Review
House Feb 6, 2025 Intro., P1C.
House Feb 5, 2025 Filed for introduction
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Draft Feb 5, 2025 state link bill text
Draft Feb 5, 2025 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
HA0132 Amendment 1-0 to HB0972 Mar 19, 2025 State Link amendment text No
HA0133 Amendment 2-0 to HB0972 Mar 19, 2025 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
03/12/2025 6 3 0 0 Yes
  • Barrett, Jody (R) Yea
  • Boyd, Clark (R) Yea
  • Bricken, Rush (R) Yea
  • Burkhart, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Camper, Karen (D) Nay
  • Clemmons, John (D) Nay
  • Hardaway, G (D) Nay
  • Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea
  • Powers, Dennis (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/19/2025 19 2 0 0 Yes
  • Barrett, Jody (R) Yea
  • Boyd, Clark (R) Yea
  • Bricken, Rush (R) Yea
  • Brooks, Shaundelle (D) Nay
  • Burkhart, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Camper, Karen (D) Yea
  • Clemmons, John (D) Nay
  • Cochran, Mark (R) Yea
  • Darby, Tandy (R) Yea
  • Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea
  • Hale, Michael (R) Yea
  • Hardaway, G (D) Yea
  • Haston, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea
  • Marsh, Pat (R) Yea
  • Moon, Jerome (R) Yea
  • Powers, Dennis (R) Yea
  • Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Vital, Greg (R) Yea
  • Zachary, Jason (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/24/2025 9 4 0 0 Yes
  • Clemmons, John (D) Nay
  • Crawford, John (R) Yea
  • Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea
  • Fritts, Monty (R) Yea
  • Glynn, Ronnie (D) Nay
  • Hardaway, G (D) Nay
  • Helton, Esther (R) Yea
  • Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea
  • Maberry, Aron (R) Yea
  • McKenzie, Samuel (D) Nay
  • Reedy, Jay (R) Yea
  • Reneau, Michele (R) Yea
  • Sherrell, Paul (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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