Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB7080
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to offenses of mass violence.
Subject: Criminal Offenses
Description: As introduced, enhances the penalty for the offense of reckless endangerment when a person's reckless failure to render inoperable or safely secure or lock a firearm, results in a child under 13 years of age gaining possession of the firearm and committing an act of mass violence that injures or kills the child or another. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Session: 113th General Assembly
Last Action: Sponsor(s) Added.
Last Action Date: August 23, 2023
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Justin Jones (D); Torrey Harris (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 99)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Aug 23, 2023 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Aug 22, 2023 | P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee |
| House | Aug 22, 2023 | Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Aug 22, 2023 | Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 8/22/2023 |
| House | Aug 22, 2023 | Tabled |
| House | Aug 21, 2023 | Intro., P1C. |
| House | Aug 18, 2023 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Aug 21, 2023 | state link | bill text |
| Draft | Aug 18, 2023 | 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
