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Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB1713

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.

Subject: Criminal Offenses

Description: As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of 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.

Session: 113th General Assembly

Last Action: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Last Action Date: January 11, 2024

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Bob Freeman (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 99)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 11, 2024 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
House Jan 11, 2024 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House Jan 10, 2024 Intro., P1C.
House Jan 9, 2024 Filed for introduction
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Draft Jan 9, 2024 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

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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