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Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB1332

Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal justice.

Subject: Handgun Permits

Description: As enacted, clarifies that an applicant who has a DUI conviction that occurred within five years from the date of application or renewal is not eligible for an enhanced handgun carry permit; lowers the age for an applicant for an enhanced handgun carry permit from 21 to 18 if other eligibility requirements for issuance of the permit. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Session: 114th General Assembly

Last Action: Effective date(s) 05/02/2025

Last Action Date: May 8, 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'.

5 sponsors: William Lamberth (R); Mark Cochran (R); Elaine Davis (R); Rusty Grills (R); Chris Todd (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 5% (5 of 99)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
	May 8, 2025	Pub. Ch. 356
	May 8, 2025	Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
	May 2, 2025	Signed by Governor.
House	Apr 22, 2025	Transmitted to Governor for his action.
Senate	Apr 22, 2025	Signed by Senate Speaker
House	Apr 22, 2025	Signed by H. Speaker
House	Apr 16, 2025	Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
Senate	Apr 15, 2025	Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
Senate	Apr 15, 2025	Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 6
Senate	Apr 15, 2025	Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0386)
Senate	Apr 15, 2025	Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
House	Apr 14, 2025	H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0337)
House	Apr 14, 2025	Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 21, PNV 3
House	Apr 14, 2025	Sponsor(s) Added.
House	Apr 14, 2025	Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
House	Apr 10, 2025	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
House	Apr 9, 2025	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
House	Apr 8, 2025	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
House	Apr 2, 2025	Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2025
House	Apr 2, 2025	Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
House	Mar 26, 2025	Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
House	Mar 26, 2025	Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025
House	Mar 19, 2025	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
House	Mar 12, 2025	Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to Firearm Calendar
House	Mar 5, 2025	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
House	Mar 4, 2025	Ref. to Judiciary Committee
House	Mar 4, 2025	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
House	Feb 12, 2025	P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
House	Feb 10, 2025	Intro., P1C.
House	Feb 6, 2025	Filed for introduction

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Chaptered	May 7, 2025	state link	bill text
Draft	Feb 6, 2025	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
HA0337	Amendment 1-0 to HB1332	Apr 8, 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
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee	04/8/2025	14	6	0	0	Yes
Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea Atchley, Fred (R) Yea Bulso, Eugene (R) Yea Davis, Elaine (R) Yea Doggett, Clay (R) Yea Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea Hardaway, G (D) Nay Harris, Torrey (D) Nay Johnson, Gloria (D) Nay Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea Lamberth, William (R) Yea Littleton, Mary (R) Yea Powell, Jason (D) Nay Russell, Lowell (R) Yea Salinas, Gabby (D) Nay Scarbrough, Richard (R) Yea Todd, Chris (R) Yea Towns, Joe (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	04/14/2025	71	21	3	0	Yes
Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea Atchley, Fred (R) Yea Barrett, Jody (R) Yea Baum, Charlie (R) Yea Behn, Aftyn (D) Nay Boyd, Clark (R) Yea Bricken, Rush (R) Yea Brooks, Shaundelle (D) Nay Bulso, Eugene (R) Yea Burkhart, Jeff (R) Yea Butler, Ed (R) Yea Camper, Karen (D) Nay Capley, Kip (R) Yea Carringer, Michele (R) Yea Cepicky, Scott (R) Yea Chism, Jesse (D) Nay Clemmons, John (D) Nay Cochran, Mark (R) Yea Crawford, John (R) Yea Darby, Tandy (R) Yea Davis, Elaine (R) Yea Dixie, Vincent (D) Nay Doggett, Clay (R) Yea Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea Freeman, Bob (D) Nay Fritts, Monty (R) Yea Gant, Ron (R) Yea Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea Gillespie, John (R) NV Glynn, Ronnie (D) NV Grills, Rusty (R) Yea Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Nay Hale, Michael (R) Yea Hardaway, G (D) Nay Harris, Torrey (D) Nay Haston, Kirk (R) Yea Hawk, David (R) Yea Helton, Esther (R) Yea Hemmer, Caleb (D) Nay Hicks, Gary (R) Yea Hicks, Tim (R) Yea Hill, Timothy (R) Yea Howell, Dan (R) Yea Hulsey, Bud (R) Yea Hurt, Chris (R) Yea Johnson, Gloria (D) Nay Jones, Renea (R) Yea Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea Kumar, Sabi (R) Yea Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea Lamberth, William (R) Yea Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea Littleton, Mary (R) Yea Love, Harold (D) Nay Lynn, Susan (R) Yea Maberry, Aron (R) Yea Marsh, Pat (R) Yea Martin, Brock (R) Yea Martin, Greg (R) Yea McCalmon, Jake (R) Yea Miller, Larry (D) Nay Mitchell, Bo (D) Nay Moody, Debra (R) Yea Moon, Jerome (R) Yea Parkinson, Antonio (D) Nay Pearson, Justin (D) Nay Powell, Jason (D) Nay Powers, Dennis (R) Yea Reedy, Jay (R) Yea Reeves, Lee (R) Yea Reneau, Michele (R) Yea Rudd, Tim (R) Yea Rudder, Iris (R) Yea Russell, Lowell (R) Yea Salinas, Gabby (D) Nay Scarbrough, Richard (R) Yea Sexton, Cameron (R) Yea Shaw, Johnny (D) Nay Sherrell, Paul (R) Yea Slater, William (R) Yea Sparks, Mike (R) Yea Stevens, Robert (R) Yea Terry, Gregory (R) Yea Todd, Chris (R) Yea Towns, Joe (D) Nay Travis, Ron (R) Yea Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea Vital, Greg (R) Yea Warner, Todd (R) Yea White, Mark (R) NV Williams, Ryan (R) Yea Wright, Dave (R) Yea Zachary, Jason (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration	04/15/2025	26	6	0	0	Yes
Akbari, Raumesh (D) Nay Bailey, Paul (R) Yea Bowling, Janince (R) Yea Briggs, Richard (R) Yea Campbell, Heidi (D) Nay Crowe, Rusty (R) Yea Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea Haile, Ferrell (R) Yea Harshbarger, Robert (R) Yea Hatcher, Tom (R) Yea Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea Jackson, Edward (R) Yea Johnson, Jack (R) Yea Kyle, Sara (D) Nay Lamar, London (D) Nay Lowe, J. Adam (R) Yea Massey, Becky (R) Yea McNally, Randy (R) Yea Oliver, Charlane (D) Nay Pody, Mark (R) Yea Powers, Bill (R) Yea Reeves, Shane (R) Yea Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea Rose, Paul (R) Yea Seal, Jessie (R) Yea Southerland, Steve (R) Yea Stevens, John (R) Yea Taylor, Brent (R) Yea Walley, Page (R) Yea Watson, Bo (R) Yea White, Dawn (R) Yea Yarbro, Jeff (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee	03/26/2025	5	1	0	0	Yes
Davis, Elaine (R) Yea Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea Johnson, Gloria (D) Nay Russell, Lowell (R) Yea Todd, Chris (R) Yea Travis, Ron (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page