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Passed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB1347

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Legislation Overview

Title: As enacted, waives the fee for obtaining a lifetime handgun carry permit for former law enforcement officers who served at least 10 years and left the law enforcement agency while in good standing. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

Subject: Handgun Permits

Description: As enacted, waives the fee for obtaining a lifetime handgun carry permit for former law enforcement officers who served at least 10 years and left the law enforcement agency while in good standing. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

Session: 111th General Assembly

Last Action: Pub. Ch. 396

Last Action Date: May 15, 2019

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'.

4 sponsors: Dolores Gresham (R); Mark Pody (R); Ferrell Haile (R); Edward Jackson (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 12% (4 of 33)

History
Chamber Date Action
May 15, 2019 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
May 15, 2019 Pub. Ch. 396
Senate May 10, 2019 Signed by Governor.
Senate May 3, 2019 Transmitted to Governor for action.
House May 2, 2019 Signed by H. Speaker
Senate May 2, 2019 Signed by Senate Speaker
Senate May 2, 2019 Enrolled and ready for signatures
House May 1, 2019 Subst. for comp. HB.
House May 1, 2019 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0
House Apr 8, 2019 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
Senate Apr 4, 2019 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 1
Senate Apr 4, 2019 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
Senate Apr 2, 2019 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
Senate Mar 26, 2019 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
Senate Mar 20, 2019 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
Senate Feb 11, 2019 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Feb 7, 2019 Filed for introduction
Senate Feb 7, 2019 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Chaptered May 15, 2019 state link bill text
Draft Apr 25, 2019 state link bill text
Draft Feb 7, 2019 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
03/26/2019 5 2 0 0 Yes
  • Bell, Mike (R) Yea
  • Gardenhire, Todd (R) Nay
  • Kyle, Sara (D) Yea
  • Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea
  • Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea
  • Stevens, John (R) Nay
  • White, Dawn (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/4/2019 30 0 0 0 Yes
  • Akbari, Raumesh (D) Yea
  • Bell, Mike (R) Yea
  • Bowling, Janince (R) Yea
  • Briggs, Richard (R) Yea
  • Crowe, Rusty (R) Yea
  • Dickerson, Steven (R) Yea
  • Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea
  • Gresham, Dolores (R) Yea
  • Haile, Ferrell (R) Yea
  • Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Edward (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Jack (R) Yea
  • Kelsey, Brian (R) Yea
  • Kyle, Sara (D) Yea
  • Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea
  • Massey, Becky (R) Yea
  • McNally, Randy (R) Yea
  • Niceley, Frank (R) Yea
  • Pody, Mark (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Shane (R) Yea
  • Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea
  • Robinson, Katrina (D) Yea
  • Rose, Paul (R) Yea
  • Southerland, Steve (R) Yea
  • Stevens, John (R) Yea
  • Swann, Art (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
05/1/2019 94 0 0 0 Yes
  • Baum, Charlie (R) Yea
  • Beck, Bill (D) Yea
  • Boyd, Clark (R) Yea
  • Bricken, Rush (R) Yea
  • Byrd, David (R) Yea
  • Calfee, Kent (R) Yea
  • Camper, Karen (D) Yea
  • Carr, Dale (R) Yea
  • Casada, Glen (R) Yea
  • Chism, Jesse (D) Yea
  • Clemmons, John (D) Yea
  • Cochran, Mark (R) Yea
  • Coley, Jim (R) Yea
  • Cooper, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Crawford, John (R) Yea
  • Curcio, Michael (R) Yea
  • Daniel, Martin (R) Yea
  • DeBerry, John (D) Yea
  • Dixie, Vincent (D) Yea
  • Doggett, Clay (R) Yea
  • Dunn, Bill (R) Yea
  • Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea
  • Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea
  • Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Bob (D) Yea
  • Gant, Ron (R) Yea
  • Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea
  • Griffey, Bruce (R) Yea
  • Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Yea
  • Halford, Curtis (R) Yea
  • Hall, Mark (R) Yea
  • Hardaway, G (D) Yea
  • Haston, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Hawk, David (R) Yea
  • Hazlewood, Patsy (R) Yea
  • Helton, Esther (R) Yea
  • Hicks, Gary (R) Yea
  • Hill, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Hill, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Hodges, Jason (D) Yea
  • Holsclaw, John (R) Yea
  • Howell, Dan (R) Yea
  • Hulsey, Bud (R) Yea
  • Hurt, Chris (R) Yea
  • Jernigan, Darren (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Curtis (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Gloria (D) Yea
  • Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Kumar, Sabi (R) Yea
  • Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea
  • Lamar, London (D) Yea
  • Lamberth, William (R) Yea
  • Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea
  • Littleton, Mary (R) Yea
  • Lynn, Susan (R) Yea
  • Marsh, Pat (R) Yea
  • Miller, Larry (D) Yea
  • Mitchell, Bo (D) Yea
  • Moon, Jerome (R) Yea
  • Ogles, Brandon (R) Yea
  • Parkinson, Antonio (D) Yea
  • Potts, Jason (D) Yea
  • Powell, Jason (D) Yea
  • 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
  • Sanderson, Bill (R) Yea
  • Sexton, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Sexton, Jerry (R) Yea
  • Shaw, Johnny (D) Yea
  • Sherrell, Paul (R) Yea
  • Smith, Robin (R) Yea
  • Sparks, Mike (R) Yea
  • Staples, Rick (D) Yea
  • Stewart, Mike (D) Yea
  • Terry, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Dwayne (D) Yea
  • Tillis, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Todd, Chris (R) Yea
  • Towns, Joe (D) Yea
  • Travis, Ron (R) Yea
  • Van Huss, James (R) Yea
  • Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Weaver, Terri Lynn (R) Yea
  • White, Mark (R) Yea
  • Whitson, Sam (R) Yea
  • Williams, Ryan (R) Yea
  • 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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