Passed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB1747

Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to the discharge of a firearm.

Subject: Criminal Offenses

Description: As introduced, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are at least 25 people in attendance at the time of the discharge; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Session: 114th General Assembly

Last Action: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026

Last Action Date: May 27, 2026

History

Chamber	Date	Action
	May 27, 2026	Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
	May 27, 2026	Pub. Ch. 1086
Senate	May 22, 2026	Signed by Governor.
Senate	May 11, 2026	Transmitted to Governor for action.
House	May 7, 2026	Signed by H. Speaker
Senate	Apr 30, 2026	Signed by Senate Speaker
Senate	Apr 30, 2026	Enrolled and ready for signatures
House	Apr 22, 2026	H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/22/2026
House	Apr 22, 2026	Passed H., Ayes 63, Nays 18, PNV 9
House	Apr 22, 2026	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2026
House	Apr 21, 2026	Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0972)
House	Apr 21, 2026	Re-ref. Calendar and Rules Committee
House	Apr 21, 2026	Failed to pass H., Ayes 46, Nays 29, PNV 8
House	Apr 21, 2026	Subst. for comp. HB.
House	Apr 13, 2026	Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
Senate	Apr 9, 2026	Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
Senate	Apr 9, 2026	Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0908)
Senate	Apr 9, 2026	Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0
Senate	Apr 9, 2026	Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate	Apr 7, 2026	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2026
Senate	Mar 25, 2026	Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate	Mar 25, 2026	Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
Senate	Mar 24, 2026	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
Senate	Mar 24, 2026	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
Senate	Mar 23, 2026	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026
Senate	Mar 23, 2026	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
Senate	Mar 18, 2026	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026
Senate	Mar 16, 2026	Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate	Mar 11, 2026	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026
Senate	Jan 22, 2026	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate	Jan 21, 2026	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Senate	Jan 16, 2026	Filed for introduction

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Chaptered	May 26, 2026	state link	bill text
Draft	Jan 20, 2026	state link	bill text
Draft	Jan 16, 2026	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
SA0908	Amendment 1-0 to SB1747	Mar 30, 2026	State Link	amendment text	No

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 with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0	03/25/2026	9	0	0	0	Yes
Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea Harshbarger, Robert (R) Yea Kyle, Sara (D) Yea Lamar, London (D) 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: as Amended Third Consideration	04/9/2026	29	0	0	0	Yes
Bailey, Paul (R) Yea Bowling, Janince (R) Yea Briggs, Richard (R) Yea Campbell, Heidi (D) Yea Crowe, Rusty (R) Yea Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea Haile, Ferrell (R) Yea Harshbarger, Robert (R) Yea Hatcher, Tom (R) Yea Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea Jackson, Edward (R) Yea Johnson, Jack (R) Yea Kyle, Sara (D) Yea Lowe, J. Adam (R) Yea Massey, Becky (R) Yea McNally, Randy (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 Seal, Jessie (R) Yea Southerland, Steve (R) Yea Taylor, Brent (R) Yea Walley, Page (R) Yea White, Dawn (R) Yea Yager, Ken (R) Yea Yarbro, Jeff (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	04/21/2026	46	29	8	0	Yes
Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea Atchley, Fred (R) Yea Barrett, Jody (R) Nay Behn, Aftyn (D) Yea Boyd, Clark (R) Nay Bricken, Rush (R) Yea Brooks, Shaundelle (D) Yea Bulso, Eugene (R) Nay Butler, Ed (R) Nay Camper, Karen (D) Yea Carringer, Michele (R) NV Cepicky, Scott (R) Nay Chism, Jesse (D) Yea Clemmons, John (D) Yea Cochran, Mark (R) Nay Darby, Tandy (R) Nay Davis, Elaine (R) Yea Dixie, Vincent (D) Yea Doggett, Clay (R) Yea Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea Freeman, Bob (D) Yea Fritts, Monty (R) Nay Gant, Ron (R) Nay Gillespie, John (R) Yea Glynn, Ronnie (D) Yea Grills, Rusty (R) Nay Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Yea Harris, Torrey (D) Yea Haston, Kirk (R) NV Hawk, David (R) Yea Helton, Esther (R) Yea Hemmer, Caleb (D) Yea Hicks, Gary (R) Yea Hicks, Tim (R) Yea Hill, Timothy (R) Nay Howell, Dan (R) Yea Hulsey, Bud (R) NV Hurt, Chris (R) Nay Johnson, Gloria (D) Yea Jones, Justin (D) NV Jones, Renea (R) Yea Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea Lafferty, Justin (R) NV Lamberth, William (R) Yea Lankford, Michael (R) Nay Leatherwood, Tom (R) Nay Littleton, Mary (R) Yea Lynn, Susan (R) Nay Maberry, Aron (R) Nay Marsh, Pat (R) Yea Martin, Brock (R) Nay Martin, Greg (R) Nay Miller, Larry (D) Yea Moody, Debra (R) Nay Parkinson, Antonio (D) Yea Powell, Jason (D) Yea Powers, Dennis (R) Nay Raper, Kevin (R) Yea Reedy, Jay (R) Nay Reeves, Lee (R) Nay Reneau, Michele (R) Nay Rudd, Tim (R) Nay Rudder, Iris (R) Yea Russell, Lowell (R) Nay Salinas, Gabby (D) Nay Scarbrough, Richard (R) Yea Sexton, Cameron (R) Yea Shaw, Johnny (D) Yea Sherrell, Paul (R) NV Slater, William (R) Yea Sparks, Mike (R) NV Stevens, Robert (R) Yea Stinnett, Tom (R) Yea Terry, Gregory (R) NV Todd, Chris (R) Yea Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea Vital, Greg (R) Nay Warner, Todd (R) Nay White, Mark (R) Yea Williams, Ryan (R) Yea Wright, Dave (R) Yea Zachary, Jason (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	04/22/2026	63	18	9	0	Yes
Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea Atchley, Fred (R) Yea Barrett, Jody (R) Nay Baum, Charlie (R) Yea Behn, Aftyn (D) Yea Boyd, Clark (R) NV Bricken, Rush (R) Yea Brooks, Shaundelle (D) Yea Bulso, Eugene (R) Nay Butler, Ed (R) Nay Camper, Karen (D) Yea Capley, Kip (R) Yea Carringer, Michele (R) Yea Cepicky, Scott (R) Nay Chism, Jesse (D) Yea Clemmons, John (D) Yea Cochran, Mark (R) Yea Crawford, John (R) Nay Darby, Tandy (R) Nay Davis, Elaine (R) Yea Dixie, Vincent (D) Nay Doggett, Clay (R) Yea Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea Freeman, Bob (D) Yea Fritts, Monty (R) Nay Gant, Ron (R) Yea Gillespie, John (R) Yea Glynn, Ronnie (D) Yea Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Yea Hale, Michael (R) Nay Harris, Torrey (D) Yea Haston, Kirk (R) Yea Hawk, David (R) Yea Helton, Esther (R) Yea Hemmer, Caleb (D) Yea Hicks, Gary (R) Yea Hicks, Tim (R) Yea Hill, Timothy (R) Nay Howell, Dan (R) Yea Hulsey, Bud (R) NV Hurt, Chris (R) Yea Johnson, Gloria (D) NV Jones, Justin (D) NV Jones, Renea (R) Yea Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea Kumar, Sabi (R) Yea Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea Lamberth, William (R) Yea Lankford, Michael (R) Nay Leatherwood, Tom (R) Nay Littleton, Mary (R) Yea Love, Harold (D) Yea Maberry, Aron (R) Yea Marsh, Pat (R) Yea Martin, Brock (R) Yea Martin, Greg (R) Yea McCalmon, Jake (R) Yea McKenzie, Samuel (D) Yea Miller, Larry (D) Yea Mitchell, Bo (D) Yea Moody, Debra (R) Yea Parkinson, Antonio (D) Yea Powell, Jason (D) Yea Powers, Dennis (R) NV Reedy, Jay (R) Nay Reeves, Lee (R) NV Reneau, Michele (R) Nay Rudd, Tim (R) Nay Rudder, Iris (R) Yea Russell, Lowell (R) Yea Salinas, Gabby (D) Nay Scarbrough, Richard (R) Yea Sexton, Cameron (R) Yea Shaw, Johnny (D) Yea Sherrell, Paul (R) NV Slater, William (R) Yea Sparks, Mike (R) NV Stevens, Robert (R) Yea Stinnett, Tom (R) Yea Terry, Gregory (R) Yea Todd, Chris (R) Yea Travis, Ron (R) NV Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea Vital, Greg (R) Nay Warner, Todd (R) Nay White, Mark (R) Yea Wright, Dave (R) Yea Zachary, Jason (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026	04/22/2026	17	2	0	0	Yes
Bulso, Eugene (R) Yea Camper, Karen (D) Yea Chism, Jesse (D) Yea Cochran, Mark (R) Nay Crawford, John (R) Yea Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea Hicks, Gary (R) Yea Howell, Dan (R) Yea Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea Lamberth, William (R) Yea Marsh, Pat (R) Yea McCalmon, Jake (R) Yea Moody, Debra (R) Yea Terry, Gregory (R) Yea Todd, Chris (R) Yea Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea White, Mark (R) Yea Zachary, Jason (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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