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Passed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB0360

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 39, relative to handgun safety courses.

Subject: Firearms and Ammunition

Description: As enacted, authorizes the department of safety to create a voucher program for the purpose of offsetting the cost of persons taking a handgun safety course for the first time; requires the department to report the number of courses taken using vouchers to the senate judiciary committee and house criminal justice committee. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.

Session: 113th General Assembly

Last Action: Effective date(s) 01/01/2024

Last Action Date: May 24, 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'.

8 sponsors: Becky Massey (R); Heidi Campbell (D); Ken Yager (R); Jeff Yarbro (D); Ferrell Haile (R); Raumesh Akbari (D); John Stevens (R); Page Walley (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 24% (8 of 33)

History
Chamber Date Action
May 24, 2023 Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
May 24, 2023 Pub. Ch. 445
Senate May 17, 2023 Signed by Governor.
Senate May 9, 2023 Transmitted to Governor for action.
House May 5, 2023 Signed by H. Speaker
Senate May 3, 2023 Signed by Senate Speaker
Senate Apr 28, 2023 Enrolled and ready for signatures
House Apr 21, 2023 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0
House Apr 21, 2023 Subst. for comp. HB.
House Apr 20, 2023 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
Senate Apr 19, 2023 Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate Apr 18, 2023 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
Senate Apr 18, 2023 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
Senate Apr 13, 2023 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2023
Senate Apr 11, 2023 Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate Apr 11, 2023 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
Senate Apr 4, 2023 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2023
Senate Mar 7, 2023 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Senate Mar 1, 2023 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
Senate Feb 15, 2023 Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate Jan 25, 2023 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Jan 24, 2023 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Senate Jan 23, 2023 Filed for introduction
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Chaptered May 22, 2023 state link bill text
Draft Jan 31, 2023 state link bill text
Draft Jan 23, 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
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
03/7/2023 7 0 1 0 Yes
  • Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea
  • Kyle, Sara (D) Yea
  • Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea
  • Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea
  • Rose, Paul (R) Yea
  • Stevens, John (R) NV
  • Taylor, Brent (R) Yea
  • White, Dawn (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/11/2023 11 0 0 0 Yes
  • Haile, Ferrell (R) Yea
  • Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Jack (R) Yea
  • Lamar, London (D) Yea
  • Powers, Bill (R) Yea
  • Stevens, John (R) Yea
  • Walley, Page (R) Yea
  • Watson, Bo (R) Yea
  • White, Dawn (R) Yea
  • Yager, Ken (R) Yea
  • Yarbro, Jeff (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/18/2023 32 0 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
  • Kyle, Sara (D) Yea
  • Lamar, London (D) Yea
  • 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
  • Reeves, Shane (R) Yea
  • Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea
  • Rose, Paul (R) Yea
  • Southerland, Steve (R) Yea
  • Stevens, John (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) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/21/2023 92 0 0 0 Yes
  • 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) Yea
  • Capley, Kip (R) Yea
  • Carr, Dale (R) Yea
  • Carringer, Michele (R) Yea
  • Cepicky, Scott (R) Yea
  • Chism, Jesse (D) Yea
  • Clemmons, John (D) Yea
  • Cochran, Mark (R) Yea
  • Crawford, John (R) Yea
  • Darby, Tandy (R) Yea
  • Davis, Elaine (R) Yea
  • Dixie, Vincent (D) Yea
  • Doggett, Clay (R) Yea
  • Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea
  • Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea
  • Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Bob (D) Yea
  • Fritts, Monty (R) Yea
  • Gant, Ron (R) Yea
  • Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea
  • Gillespie, John (R) Yea
  • Glynn, Ronnie (D) Yea
  • Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Yea
  • Hale, Michael (R) Yea
  • Hardaway, G (D) Yea
  • Harris, Torrey (D) Yea
  • 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
  • Johnson, Curtis (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Gloria (D) Yea
  • Jones, Justin (D) Yea
  • Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Kumar, Sabi (R) Yea
  • Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea
  • Lamberth, William (R) Yea
  • Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea
  • Littleton, Mary (R) Yea
  • Love, Harold (D) Yea
  • Lynn, Susan (R) Yea
  • Marsh, Pat (R) Yea
  • Martin, Brock (R) Yea
  • McCalmon, Jake (R) Yea
  • McKenzie, Samuel (D) Yea
  • Miller, Larry (D) Yea
  • Mitchell, Bo (D) Yea
  • Moody, Debra (R) Yea
  • Moon, Jerome (R) Yea
  • Parkinson, Antonio (D) Yea
  • Pearson, Justin (D) Yea
  • Powell, Jason (D) Yea
  • 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
  • Thompson, Dwayne (D) Yea
  • Todd, Chris (R) Yea
  • Towns, Joe (D) Yea
  • Travis, Ron (R) Yea
  • 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

Link: link to state bill page

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