TN HB2199 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Summary

As introduced, enacts "MaKayla's Law," which expands the offense of reckless endangerment to include a person's reckless failure to render inoperable or safely secure or lock a firearm, resulting in a child under 13 gaining possession of the firearm and injuring or killing the child or another. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103.

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Title

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-103, relative to the offense of reckless endangerment.

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-31HouseAssigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2024-01-31HouseP2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee
2024-01-29HouseIntro., P1C.
2024-01-25HouseFiled for introduction

Same As/Similar To

SB1785 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-26 - Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

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