Tennessee House Bill 1233

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-07-14 - Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, creates the offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle or boat while the person is not in the motor vehicle or boat unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or boat; requires the owner of a firearm to report the loss or theft of the firearm to law enforcement within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or theft. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

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

Rep. Caleb Hemmer [D]	Rep. Mark White [R]	Rep. Sam Whitson [R]	Rep. Darren Jernigan [D]
Rep. John Clemmons [D]	Rep. Bill Beck [D]	Rep. Bo Mitchell [D]	Rep. Harold Love [D]
Rep. Joe Towns [D]	Rep. John Gillespie [R]	Rep. Gloria Johnson [D]	Rep. G.A. Hardaway [D]
Rep. Jason Powell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-07-14	House	Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
2023-04-05	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-04-04	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
2023-04-03	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-29	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2023
2023-03-28	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2023
2023-03-22	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2023
2023-03-21	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/28/2023
2023-03-20	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-15	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
2023-03-14	House	Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2023
2023-03-08	House	Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
2023-03-08	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-02-07	House	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-02-02	House	P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2023-02-01	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-31	House	Filed for introduction

SB1029 (Crossfiled) 2024-04-02 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1233&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1233.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB1029.pdf