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Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB1444

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Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55, relative to criminal law.

Subject: Criminal Procedure

Description: As introduced, authorizes a handgun permit holder to notify the department of safety of a change of address through electronic means. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55.

Session: 113th General Assembly

Last Action: Signed by Governor.

Last Action Date: May 11, 2023

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'.

14 sponsors: William Lamberth (R); Lowell Russell (R); Ron Gant (R); Paul Sherrell (R); Tim Hicks (R); John Ragan (R); Clay Doggett (R); Rebecca Alexander (R); Mark White (R); Debra Moody (R); Todd Warner (R); Jake McCalmon (R); Greg Martin (R);Pat Marsh (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 14% (14 of 99)

History
Chamber Date Action
May 11, 2023 Signed by Governor.
House May 5, 2023 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
Senate May 3, 2023 Signed by Senate Speaker
House May 2, 2023 Signed by H. Speaker
House May 1, 2023 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
Senate Apr 21, 2023 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0502)
Senate Apr 21, 2023 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 2
Senate Apr 21, 2023 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0353)
Senate Apr 21, 2023 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
House Apr 20, 2023 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0415)
House Apr 20, 2023 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
House Apr 20, 2023 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Apr 20, 2023 Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 16, PNV 0
House Apr 20, 2023 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0450)
Senate Apr 20, 2023 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
House Apr 18, 2023 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/18/2023
House Apr 18, 2023 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House Apr 18, 2023 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
House Apr 18, 2023 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
House Apr 18, 2023 H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/19/2023
House Apr 12, 2023 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023
House Apr 12, 2023 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
House Apr 11, 2023 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Apr 11, 2023 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House Apr 5, 2023 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/11/2023
House Apr 4, 2023 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
House Mar 29, 2023 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2023
House Mar 28, 2023 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2023
House Mar 22, 2023 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2023
House Mar 21, 2023 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/28/2023
House Mar 15, 2023 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
House Mar 14, 2023 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2023
House Mar 8, 2023 Ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
House Mar 8, 2023 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
House Mar 8, 2023 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House Feb 2, 2023 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
House Feb 1, 2023 Intro., P1C.
House Jan 31, 2023 Filed for introduction
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Draft Feb 1, 2023 state link bill text
Draft Jan 31, 2023 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
HA0450 Amendment 2-0 to HB1444 Apr 18, 2023 State Link amendment text No
HA0415 Amendment 1-0 to HB1444 Apr 11, 2023 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
04/20/2023 79 16 0 0 Yes
  • Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea
  • Barrett, Jody (R) Yea
  • Baum, Charlie (R) Yea
  • Beck, Bill (D) Yea
  • Boyd, Clark (R) Yea
  • Bricken, Rush (R) Yea
  • Bulso, Eugene (R) Yea
  • Burkhart, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Butler, Ed (R) Yea
  • Camper, Karen (D) Nay
  • Capley, Kip (R) Yea
  • Carr, Dale (R) Yea
  • Carringer, Michele (R) Yea
  • Cepicky, Scott (R) Yea
  • Chism, Jesse (D) Yea
  • 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) Yea
  • Gant, Ron (R) Yea
  • Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea
  • Gillespie, John (R) Yea
  • Glynn, Ronnie (D) Yea
  • 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
  • Hazlewood, Patsy (R) Yea
  • Helton, Esther (R) Yea
  • Hemmer, Caleb (D) Yea
  • Hicks, Gary (R) Yea
  • Hicks, Tim (R) Yea
  • Holsclaw, John (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
  • Jones, Justin (D) Nay
  • Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Kumar, Sabi (R) Yea
  • Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea
  • Lamberth, William (R) Yea
  • Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea
  • Littleton, Mary (R) Yea
  • Lynn, Susan (R) Yea
  • Marsh, Pat (R) Yea
  • Martin, Brock (R) Yea
  • Martin, Greg (R) Yea
  • McCalmon, Jake (R) Yea
  • McKenzie, Samuel (D) Nay
  • 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
  • Ragan, John (R) Yea
  • Raper, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Reedy, Jay (R) Yea
  • Richey, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Rudd, Tim (R) Yea
  • Rudder, Iris (R) Yea
  • Russell, Lowell (R) Yea
  • Sexton, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Shaw, Johnny (D) Yea
  • Sherrell, Paul (R) Yea
  • Slater, William (R) Yea
  • Sparks, Mike (R) Yea
  • Stevens, Robert (R) Yea
  • Terry, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Dwayne (D) Nay
  • Todd, Chris (R) Yea
  • Towns, Joe (D) Nay
  • Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Vital, Greg (R) Yea
  • Warner, Todd (R) Yea
  • White, Mark (R) Yea
  • Whitson, Sam (R) Yea
  • Williams, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Wright, Dave (R) Yea
  • Zachary, Jason (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/20/2023 71 23 1 0 Yes
  • Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea
  • Barrett, Jody (R) Yea
  • Baum, Charlie (R) Yea
  • Boyd, Clark (R) Yea
  • Bricken, Rush (R) Yea
  • Bulso, Eugene (R) Yea
  • Burkhart, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Butler, Ed (R) Yea
  • Camper, Karen (D) Nay
  • Capley, Kip (R) Yea
  • Carr, Dale (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) Yea
  • Glynn, Ronnie (D) Nay
  • 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
  • Hazlewood, Patsy (R) Yea
  • Helton, Esther (R) Yea
  • Hemmer, Caleb (D) Nay
  • Hicks, Gary (R) Yea
  • Hicks, Tim (R) Yea
  • Holsclaw, John (R) Yea
  • Howell, Dan (R) Yea
  • Hulsey, Bud (R) Yea
  • Hurt, Chris (R) Yea
  • Jernigan, Darren (D) Nay
  • Johnson, Curtis (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Gloria (D) Nay
  • Jones, Justin (D) Nay
  • Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Kumar, Sabi (R) Yea
  • Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea
  • Lamberth, William (R) NV
  • Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea
  • Littleton, Mary (R) Yea
  • Love, Harold (D) Nay
  • Lynn, Susan (R) Yea
  • Marsh, Pat (R) Yea
  • Martin, Brock (R) Yea
  • Martin, Greg (R) Yea
  • McCalmon, Jake (R) Yea
  • McKenzie, Samuel (D) Nay
  • 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
  • Ragan, John (R) Yea
  • Raper, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Reedy, Jay (R) Yea
  • Rudd, Tim (R) Yea
  • Rudder, Iris (R) Yea
  • Russell, Lowell (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
  • Thompson, Dwayne (D) Nay
  • Todd, Chris (R) Yea
  • Towns, Joe (D) Nay
  • Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Vital, Greg (R) Yea
  • Warner, Todd (R) Yea
  • White, Mark (R) Yea
  • Whitson, Sam (R) Yea
  • Williams, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Wright, Dave (R) Yea
  • Zachary, Jason (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/21/2023 27 2 0 0 Yes
  • Akbari, Raumesh (D) Yea
  • Bailey, Paul (R) Yea
  • Briggs, Richard (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Heidi (D) Yea
  • Crowe, Rusty (R) Yea
  • Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea
  • Haile, Ferrell (R) Yea
  • Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Edward (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Jack (R) Yea
  • Lamar, London (D) Nay
  • Lowe, J. Adam (R) Yea
  • Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea
  • Massey, Becky (R) Yea
  • McNally, Randy (R) Yea
  • Niceley, Frank (R) Yea
  • Oliver, Charlane (D) Yea
  • Pody, Mark (R) Yea
  • Powers, Bill (R) Yea
  • Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea
  • Rose, Paul (R) Yea
  • Southerland, Steve (R) Yea
  • Swann, Art (R) Yea
  • Taylor, Brent (R) Yea
  • Walley, Page (R) Yea
  • Watson, Bo (R) Yea
  • White, Dawn (R) Yea
  • Yager, Ken (R) Yea
  • Yarbro, Jeff (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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