Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB1868
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 49, relative to self-defense.
Subject: Education, Higher
Description: As enacted, enacts the "Laken Riley Act of 2024," which generally prohibits a public institution of higher education from prohibiting adults lawfully present on the institution's property from carrying a non-lethal weapon for purposes of self-defense; allows certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
Session: 113th General Assembly
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 791
Last Action Date: May 1, 2024
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'.
8 sponsors: Joseph Hensley (R); Paul Bailey (R); Janince Bowling (R); Rusty Crowe (R); Edward Jackson (R); Adam Lowe (R); John Stevens (R); Dawn White (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 24% (8 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| May 1, 2024 | Comp. became Pub. Ch. 791 | |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2024 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2024 | Companion House Bill substituted |
| Senate | Mar 26, 2024 | Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 19, 2024 | Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 |
| Senate | Mar 13, 2024 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 12, 2024 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/19/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2024 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2024 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 6, 2024 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2024 |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2024 | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Jan 24, 2024 | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2024 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Apr 26, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Draft | Jan 23, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| SA0748 | Amendment 1-0 to SB1868 | Mar 20, 2024 | 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 | 03/19/2024 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
