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Passed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB2223

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45 and Title 47, relative to merchant codes.

Subject: Credit and Debit Cards

Description: As enacted, enacts the "Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45 and Title 47.

Session: 113th General Assembly

Last Action: Effective date(s) 07/01/2024

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'.

15 sponsors: Jack Johnson (R); Ferrell Haile (R); Janince Bowling (R); Rusty Crowe (R); Joseph Hensley (R); Paul Bailey (R); Edward Jackson (R); Frank Niceley (R); Mark Pody (R); Paul Rose (R); Steve Southerland (R); John Stevens (R); Brent Taylor (R); Page Walley (R); Ken Yager (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 45% (15 of 33)

History
Chamber Date Action
May 1, 2024 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
May 1, 2024 Pub. Ch. 773
Senate Apr 23, 2024 Signed by Governor.
Senate Apr 12, 2024 Transmitted to Governor for action.
House Apr 11, 2024 Signed by H. Speaker
Senate Apr 10, 2024 Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 3 (Amendment 1 - HA0745)
Senate Apr 10, 2024 Signed by Senate Speaker
Senate Apr 10, 2024 Enrolled and ready for signatures
Senate Apr 8, 2024 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/10/2024
House Apr 1, 2024 Subst. for comp. HB.
House Apr 1, 2024 Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 17, PNV 2
House Apr 1, 2024 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0745)
House Mar 25, 2024 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
Senate Mar 22, 2024 Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate Mar 21, 2024 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0719)
Senate Mar 21, 2024 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
Senate Mar 21, 2024 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5
Senate Mar 19, 2024 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2024
Senate Mar 12, 2024 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
Senate Mar 8, 2024 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
Senate Mar 6, 2024 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
Senate Feb 16, 2024 Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate Feb 5, 2024 Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate Feb 1, 2024 Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate Feb 1, 2024 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Senate Jan 31, 2024 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Senate Jan 30, 2024 Filed for introduction
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Chaptered Apr 26, 2024 state link bill text
Draft Jan 31, 2024 state link bill text
Draft Jan 30, 2024 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
SA0719 Amendment 1-0 to SB2223 Mar 15, 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
03/12/2024 7 0 1 0 Yes
  • Akbari, Raumesh (D) NV
  • Bailey, Paul (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Jack (R) Yea
  • Niceley, Frank (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Shane (R) Yea
  • Southerland, Steve (R) Yea
  • Swann, Art (R) Yea
  • Watson, Bo (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/21/2024 25 5 0 0 Yes
  • Akbari, Raumesh (D) Nay
  • Bailey, Paul (R) Yea
  • Bowling, Janince (R) Yea
  • Briggs, Richard (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Heidi (D) Nay
  • Crowe, Rusty (R) Yea
  • Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Edward (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Jack (R) Yea
  • Lamar, London (D) Nay
  • Lowe, J. Adam (R) Yea
  • Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea
  • Massey, Becky (R) Yea
  • McNally, Randy (R) Yea
  • Niceley, Frank (R) Yea
  • Oliver, Charlane (D) Nay
  • Pody, Mark (R) Yea
  • Powers, Bill (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Shane (R) Yea
  • Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea
  • Rose, Paul (R) Yea
  • Southerland, Steve (R) Yea
  • Stevens, John (R) Yea
  • Swann, Art (R) Yea
  • Taylor, Brent (R) Yea
  • Walley, Page (R) Yea
  • Watson, Bo (R) Yea
  • White, Dawn (R) Yea
  • Yager, Ken (R) Yea
  • Yarbro, Jeff (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/1/2024 75 17 2 0 Yes
  • Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea
  • Barrett, Jody (R) Yea
  • Baum, Charlie (R) Yea
  • Behn, Aftyn (D) Nay
  • Boyd, Clark (R) Yea
  • Bricken, Rush (R) Yea
  • Bulso, Eugene (R) Yea
  • Burkhart, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Butler, Ed (R) Yea
  • Camper, Karen (D) Nay
  • Capley, Kip (R) Yea
  • Carr, Dale (R) Yea
  • Carringer, Michele (R) Yea
  • Cepicky, Scott (R) Yea
  • Clemmons, John (D) Yea
  • Cochran, Mark (R) Yea
  • Crawford, John (R) Yea
  • Darby, Tandy (R) Yea
  • 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) Yea
  • Gant, Ron (R) Yea
  • Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea
  • Glynn, Ronnie (D) NV
  • Grills, Rusty (R) Yea
  • Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Nay
  • Hardaway, G (D) Nay
  • Haston, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Hawk, David (R) Yea
  • Hazlewood, Patsy (R) Yea
  • Helton, Esther (R) Yea
  • Hemmer, Caleb (D) NV
  • Hicks, Gary (R) Yea
  • Hicks, Tim (R) Yea
  • Hill, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Holsclaw, John (R) Yea
  • Howell, Dan (R) Yea
  • Hulsey, Bud (R) Yea
  • Hurt, Chris (R) Yea
  • Jernigan, Darren (D) Nay
  • Johnson, Curtis (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Gloria (D) Nay
  • Jones, Justin (D) Nay
  • Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Kumar, Sabi (R) Yea
  • Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea
  • Lamberth, William (R) Yea
  • Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea
  • Littleton, Mary (R) Yea
  • Love, Harold (D) Nay
  • Lynn, Susan (R) Yea
  • Marsh, Pat (R) Yea
  • Martin, Brock (R) Yea
  • Martin, Greg (R) Yea
  • McCalmon, Jake (R) Yea
  • McKenzie, Samuel (D) Nay
  • Miller, Larry (D) Yea
  • Mitchell, Bo (D) Nay
  • Moody, Debra (R) Yea
  • Moon, Jerome (R) Yea
  • Parkinson, Antonio (D) Nay
  • Pearson, Justin (D) Nay
  • Powell, Jason (D) Nay
  • Powers, Dennis (R) Yea
  • Ragan, John (R) Yea
  • Raper, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Reedy, Jay (R) Yea
  • Richey, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Rudd, Tim (R) Yea
  • Rudder, Iris (R) Yea
  • Russell, Lowell (R) Yea
  • Sexton, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Shaw, Johnny (D) Nay
  • Sherrell, Paul (R) Yea
  • Slater, William (R) Yea
  • Sparks, Mike (R) Yea
  • Stevens, Robert (R) Yea
  • Terry, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Dwayne (D) Nay
  • Todd, Chris (R) Yea
  • Towns, Joe (D) Nay
  • Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Vital, Greg (R) Yea
  • Warner, Todd (R) Yea
  • White, Mark (R) Yea
  • Whitson, Sam (R) Yea
  • Williams, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Wright, Dave (R) Yea
  • Zachary, Jason (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/10/2024 27 3 0 0 Yes
  • Akbari, Raumesh (D) Nay
  • Bailey, Paul (R) Yea
  • Bowling, Janince (R) Yea
  • Briggs, Richard (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Heidi (D) Nay
  • Crowe, Rusty (R) Yea
  • Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea
  • Haile, Ferrell (R) Yea
  • Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Edward (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Jack (R) Yea
  • Lowe, J. Adam (R) Yea
  • Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea
  • Massey, Becky (R) Yea
  • McNally, Randy (R) Yea
  • Niceley, Frank (R) Yea
  • Pody, Mark (R) Yea
  • Powers, Bill (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Shane (R) Yea
  • Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea
  • Rose, Paul (R) Yea
  • Southerland, Steve (R) Yea
  • Stevens, John (R) Yea
  • Swann, Art (R) Yea
  • Taylor, Brent (R) Yea
  • Walley, Page (R) Yea
  • Watson, Bo (R) Yea
  • White, Dawn (R) Yea
  • Yager, Ken (R) Yea
  • Yarbro, Jeff (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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