Tennessee House Bill 37 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-03-21 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, removes, as exclusions from the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act, a firearm that cannot be carried and used by one person, a firearm that discharges two or more projectiles with one activation of the trigger or other firing device, a firearm that has a bore diameter greater than one and one-half inches and that uses smokeless powder as a propellant, and ammunition with a projectile that explodes after leaving the firearm; creates the criminal offense of disenfranchising another of the person's constitutional rights in violation of the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act; prohibits an employee or elected or appointed official of a state or local government entity from enforcing a federal law in violation of the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 54 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 54 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.

Rep. Todd Warner [R]	Rep. Monty Fritts [R]	Rep. Bryan Richey [R]	Rep. Jay Reedy [R]
Rep. Susan Lynn [R]	Rep. Clay Doggett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-21	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
2023-03-16	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
2023-03-14	House	Reset on Final cal. of Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-03-08	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
2023-03-07	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-08	House	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-01-11	House	Ref. to Civil Justice Committee -- Criminal Justice Committee
2023-01-11	House	P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
2023-01-10	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-09	House	Filed for introduction

SB0659 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-21 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0037&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0037.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0037.pdf