Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB1785
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-103, relative to the offense of reckless endangerment.
Subject: Criminal Offenses
Description: As introduced, enacts "MaKayla's Law," which expands the offense of reckless endangerment to include a person's reckless failure to render inoperable or safely secure or lock a firearm, resulting in a child under 13 gaining possession of the firearm and injuring or killing the child or another. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103.
Session: 113th General Assembly
Last Action: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: March 26, 2024
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Heidi Campbell (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 26, 2024 | Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Mar 20, 2024 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 20, 2024 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 19, 2024 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 19, 2024 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 13, 2024 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 5, 2024 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2024 |
| Senate | Feb 28, 2024 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2024 |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2024 | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Jan 24, 2024 | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2024 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Jan 25, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Draft | Jan 22, 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 | 03/26/2024 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | No |
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Link: link to state bill page
