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Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB0515

Legislation Overview

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

Subject: Firearms and Ammunition

Description: As enacted, expands employees allowed to carry a handgun on property owned, operated, or controlled by a public institution of higher education to include retired law enforcement officers who retired in good standing with 20 years of service and are employed on a part-time basis by a public institution of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Session: 113th General Assembly

Last Action: Effective date(s) 07/01/2023

Last Action Date: April 18, 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'.

2 sponsors: Jon Lundberg (R); Adam Lowe (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 6% (2 of 33)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
	Apr 18, 2023	Pub. Ch. 149
	Apr 18, 2023	Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
Senate	Apr 13, 2023	Signed by Governor.
Senate	Apr 4, 2023	Transmitted to Governor for action.
House	Apr 4, 2023	Signed by H. Speaker
Senate	Mar 29, 2023	Signed by Senate Speaker
Senate	Mar 24, 2023	Enrolled and ready for signatures
House	Mar 23, 2023	Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 11, PNV 0
House	Mar 23, 2023	Subst. for comp. HB.
House	Mar 20, 2023	Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
Senate	Mar 16, 2023	Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6
Senate	Mar 16, 2023	Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
Senate	Mar 16, 2023	Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate	Mar 14, 2023	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023
Senate	Mar 7, 2023	Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
Senate	Mar 1, 2023	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
Senate	Jan 30, 2023	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate	Jan 26, 2023	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Senate	Jan 25, 2023	Filed for introduction

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Chaptered	Apr 14, 2023	state link	bill text
Draft	Jan 27, 2023	state link	bill text
Draft	Jan 25, 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
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee	03/7/2023	7	1	0	0	Yes
Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea Kyle, Sara (D) Nay Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea Rose, Paul (R) Yea Stevens, John (R) Yea Taylor, Brent (R) Yea White, Dawn (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration	03/16/2023	27	6	0	0	Yes
Akbari, Raumesh (D) Nay Bailey, Paul (R) Yea Bowling, Janince (R) Yea Briggs, Richard (R) Yea Campbell, Heidi (D) Nay 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) Nay Lamar, London (D) Nay Lowe, J. Adam (R) Yea Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea Massey, Becky (R) Yea McNally, Randy (R) Yea Niceley, Frank (R) Yea Oliver, Charlane (D) Nay 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) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	03/23/2023	79	11	0	0	Yes
Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea Baum, Charlie (R) Yea Beck, Bill (D) Nay Boyd, Clark (R) Yea Bricken, Rush (R) Yea Bulso, Eugene (R) Yea Burkhart, Jeff (R) Yea Butler, Ed (R) Yea Campbell, Scotty (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) Nay Cochran, Mark (R) Yea Crawford, John (R) Yea Darby, Tandy (R) Yea Davis, Elaine (R) Yea Doggett, Clay (R) Yea Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea Fritts, Monty (R) Yea Gant, Ron (R) Yea Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea Gillespie, John (R) Yea Glynn, Ronnie (D) Yea Grills, Rusty (R) Yea Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Nay Hale, Michael (R) Yea Hardaway, G (D) Nay Haston, Kirk (R) Yea Hawk, David (R) Yea Hazlewood, Patsy (R) Yea Helton, Esther (R) Yea Hicks, Gary (R) Yea Hicks, Tim (R) Yea Holsclaw, John (R) 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) Yea Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea Lamberth, William (R) Yea Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea Littleton, Mary (R) Yea Love, Harold (D) Nay Lynn, Susan (R) Yea Marsh, Pat (R) Yea Martin, Brock (R) Yea Martin, Greg (R) Yea McCalmon, Jake (R) Yea Miller, Larry (D) Yea Mitchell, Bo (D) Nay Moody, Debra (R) Yea Moon, Jerome (R) Yea Parkinson, Antonio (D) Yea Powell, Jason (D) Nay 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) Nay Sherrell, Paul (R) Yea Slater, William (R) Yea Sparks, Mike (R) Yea Stevens, Robert (R) Yea Terry, Gregory (R) Yea Thompson, Dwayne (D) Nay Todd, Chris (R) Yea Towns, Joe (D) 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