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Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB2082

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Legislation Overview

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

Subject: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Description: As introduced, requires the TBI to submit a report on the amount of money collected for background checks associated with firearm sales in excess of the costs associated with conducting the background checks to the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives and the judiciary committee of the senate by March 1, rather than February 1, of each year. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Session: 113th General Assembly

Last Action: Sponsor(s) Added.

Last Action Date: April 23, 2024

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'.

12 sponsors: Monty Fritts (R); Ed Butler (R); Kip Capley (R); Chris Hurt (R); Bryan Richey (R); Timothy Hill (R); Chris Todd (R); Gino Bulso (R); Todd Warner (R); Johnny Garrett (R); Jake McCalmon (R); Paul Sherrell (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 12% (12 of 99)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Apr 23, 2024 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Apr 23, 2024 Held in Committee
House Apr 17, 2024 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/23/2024
House Apr 15, 2024 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Apr 10, 2024 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/16/2024
House Apr 10, 2024 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Apr 9, 2024 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
House Apr 3, 2024 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/10/2024
House Apr 2, 2024 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Apr 2, 2024 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee
House Mar 27, 2024 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2024
House Mar 12, 2024 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2024
House Mar 7, 2024 Sponsor(s) Added.
House Mar 6, 2024 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
House Mar 5, 2024 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
House Mar 5, 2024 Ref. to Civil Justice Committee - Criminal Justice Committee
House Jan 29, 2024 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
House Jan 25, 2024 Intro., P1C.
House Jan 24, 2024 Filed for introduction
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Draft Jan 31, 2024 state link bill text
Draft Jan 24, 2024 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
HA0985 Amendment 1-0 to HB2082 Apr 9, 2024 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
04/2/2024 6 2 0 0 Yes
  • Capley, Kip (R) Nay
  • Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea
  • Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Grills, Rusty (R) Nay
  • Lamberth, William (R) Yea
  • Parkinson, Antonio (D) Yea
  • Russell, Lowell (R) Yea
  • Todd, Chris (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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