Tennessee Senate Bill 659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-21 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [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.

Sen. Adam Lowe [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-21	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
2023-03-15	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
2023-02-02	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2023-01-30	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-26	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0037 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-21 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0659&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0659.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0037.pdf