Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB2923
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to firearm safety instruction.
Subject: Education, Curriculum
Description: As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Session: 113th General Assembly
Last Action: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 800
Last Action Date: May 1, 2024
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Paul Bailey (R); Janince Bowling (R); Edward Jackson (R); Adam Lowe (R); Page Walley (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 15% (5 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| May 1, 2024 | Comp. became Pub. Ch. 800 | |
| Senate | Apr 4, 2024 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| Senate | Apr 4, 2024 | Companion House Bill substituted |
| Senate | Apr 2, 2024 | Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024 |
| Senate | Mar 13, 2024 | Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee |
| Senate | Mar 6, 2024 | Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2024 |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2024 | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee |
| Senate | Feb 1, 2024 | Filed for introduction |
| Senate | Feb 1, 2024 | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Apr 26, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Draft | Feb 1, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| SA0972 | Amendment 1-0 to SB2923 | Apr 3, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| SA0974 | Amendment 2-0 to SB2923 | Apr 3, 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 EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee | 03/13/2024 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
