Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB1697
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearm hold agreements.
Subject: Firearms and Ammunition
Description: As introduced, defines "firearm hold agreement" as a private transaction between a licensed federal firearms dealer and a firearm owner under which the dealer takes possession of the owner’s firearm at the owner's request, holds the firearm for an agreed period of time, and then returns the firearm; states that a person does not have a cause of action against a licensed federal firearms dealer for any act or omission arising from a firearm hold agreement and resulting in personal injury or death of any natural person unless the action was the result of unlawful conduct by the licensed federal firearms dealer. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Session: 113th General Assembly
Last Action: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 12, 2024
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Page Walley (R); Art Swann (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 6% (2 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 12, 2024 | Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2024 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2024 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 6, 2024 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2024 |
| Senate | Feb 13, 2024 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2024 | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2024 | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2024 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Jan 11, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Draft | Jan 9, 2024 | 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: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee | 03/12/2024 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | No |
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Link: link to state bill page
