Tennessee Senate Bill 2671 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-29 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of knowingly or recklessly permitting a child under 12 years of age to have access to or possession, custody, or use of a firearm unless the person has the permission of the child's parent or guardian, the child is under the supervision of an adult, and the firearm was used for lawful sporting activity; increases the punishment for illegally providing a handgun to a juvenile from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

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

Sen. Sara Kyle [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-29	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
2022-03-23	Senate	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
2022-02-07	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2022-02-03	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2022-02-02	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2794 (Crossfiled) 2022-03-29 - Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2671&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2671.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/HB2794.pdf