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Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB1735

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearms.

Subject: Firearms and Ammunition

Description: As introduced, lowers the age requirement to obtain an enhanced or concealed handgun carry permit or lawfully carry a handgun in public from 21 to 18 years of age; states that the statutory authorization to transport or store a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle under certain circumstances does not apply to a person under 21 years of age in a parking area that is owned, operated, or while in use by any school, unless the person is at least 18 years of age and meets certain military qualifications. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Session: 112th General Assembly

Last Action: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

Last Action Date: April 25, 2022

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'.

20 sponsors: Chris Todd (R); William Lamberth (R); Bruce Griffey (R); Todd Warner (R); Cameron Sexton (R); Clay Doggett (R); Ron Gant (R); Paul Sherrell (R); John Ragan (R); Jeremy Faison (R); Jerome Moon (R); Jay Reedy (R); Rick Eldridge (R); David Byrd (R); Rush Bricken (R); Tim Rudd (R); Debra Moody (R); Scotty Campbell (R); Terri Lynn Weaver (R); Dennis Powers (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 20% (20 of 99)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 25, 2022 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
House Apr 21, 2022 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0719)
House Apr 21, 2022 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
House Apr 21, 2022 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Apr 21, 2022 Passed H., as am., Ayes 64, Nays 28, PNV 2
House Apr 21, 2022 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0936)
House Apr 7, 2022 Reset on cal. for 4/21/2022
House Apr 7, 2022 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/22
House Apr 7, 2022 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Apr 4, 2022 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/22
House Apr 4, 2022 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Apr 4, 2022 Reset on cal. for 4/7/2022
House Mar 31, 2022 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
House Mar 30, 2022 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Mar 30, 2022 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
House Mar 29, 2022 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Mar 29, 2022 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
House Mar 24, 2022 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Mar 23, 2022 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/29/2022
House Mar 23, 2022 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House Mar 21, 2022 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Mar 16, 2022 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
House Mar 16, 2022 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
House Mar 16, 2022 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House Mar 9, 2022 Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/16/2022
House Mar 9, 2022 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/16/2022
House Mar 3, 2022 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Mar 2, 2022 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/9/2022
House Mar 2, 2022 Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/9/2022
House Feb 23, 2022 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/2/2022
House Feb 22, 2022 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee
House Feb 16, 2022 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
House Feb 8, 2022 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Jan 24, 2022 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
House Jan 20, 2022 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
House Jan 19, 2022 Intro., P1C.
House Jan 13, 2022 Filed for introduction
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Draft Jan 14, 2022 state link bill text
Draft Jan 13, 2022 state link bill text
Draft Jan 13, 2022 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
HA0936 Amendment 2-0 to HB1735 Apr 18, 2022 State Link amendment text No
HA0719 Amendment 1-0 to HB1735 Mar 17, 2022 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
03/16/2022 9 6 0 0 Yes
  • Bricken, Rush (R) Yea
  • Clemmons, John (D) Nay
  • Curcio, Michael (R) Yea
  • Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea
  • Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea
  • Gillespie, John (R) Nay
  • Griffey, Bruce (R) Yea
  • Harris, Torrey (D) Nay
  • Jernigan, Darren (D) Nay
  • Littleton, Mary (R) Yea
  • Parkinson, Antonio (D) Nay
  • Ramsey, Bob (R) Yea
  • Russell, Lowell (R) Yea
  • Stewart, Mike (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/21/2022 64 28 2 0 Yes
  • Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea
  • Baum, Charlie (R) Nay
  • Beck, Bill (D) Nay
  • Boyd, Clark (R) Yea
  • Bricken, Rush (R) Yea
  • Byrd, David (R) Yea
  • Calfee, Kent (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Scotty (R) Yea
  • Camper, Karen (D) Nay
  • Carr, Dale (R) Yea
  • Carringer, Michele (R) Yea
  • Casada, Glen (R) Yea
  • Cepicky, Scott (R) Yea
  • Chism, Jesse (D) Nay
  • Clemmons, John (D) Nay
  • Cochran, Mark (R) Yea
  • Cooper, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Crawford, John (R) Yea
  • Curcio, Michael (R) NV
  • Darby, Tandy (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
  • Gant, Ron (R) Yea
  • Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea
  • Gillespie, John (R) Nay
  • Griffey, Bruce (R) Yea
  • Grills, Rusty (R) Yea
  • Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Nay
  • Halford, Curtis (R) Yea
  • Hall, Mark (R) Yea
  • Hardaway, G (D) Nay
  • Harris, Torrey (D) Nay
  • Haston, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Hawk, David (R) Yea
  • Hazlewood, Patsy (R) Nay
  • Helton, Esther (R) Yea
  • Hicks, Gary (R) Yea
  • Hicks, Tim (R) Yea
  • Hodges, Jason (D) 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
  • Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Kumar, Sabi (R) Nay
  • Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea
  • Lamberth, William (R) Yea
  • Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea
  • Littleton, Mary (R) Yea
  • Love, Harold (D) Nay
  • Lynn, Susan (R) Yea
  • Mannis, Eddie (R) Nay
  • Marsh, Pat (R) Yea
  • Martin, Greg (R) Yea
  • McKenzie, Samuel (D) Nay
  • Miller, Larry (D) Nay
  • Mitchell, Bo (D) Nay
  • Moody, Debra (R) Yea
  • Moon, Jerome (R) Yea
  • Ogles, Brandon (R) Yea
  • Parkinson, Antonio (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
  • Russell, Lowell (R) Yea
  • Sexton, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Sexton, Jerry (R) Yea
  • Shaw, Johnny (D) Nay
  • Sherrell, Paul (R) Yea
  • Sparks, Mike (R) Yea
  • Terry, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Dwayne (D) Nay
  • Todd, Chris (R) Yea
  • Towns, Joe (D) Nay
  • Travis, Ron (R) NV
  • Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Vital, Greg (R) Yea
  • Warner, Todd (R) Yea
  • Weaver, Terri Lynn (R) Yea
  • White, Mark (R) Nay
  • Whitson, Sam (R) Nay
  • Windle, John (D) Yea
  • Wright, Dave (R) Yea
  • Zachary, Jason (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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