Tennessee Senate Bill 2956

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-15 - Refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee
Pending: Senate Delayed Bills Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, creates an offense to store or keep a firearm in any place unless the firearm is secured in a locked container, unloaded, and separate from ammunition so as to render the firearm inoperable by any person other than the owner or another lawfully authorized user except when the firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user; exempts a juvenile who is knowingly in a mental health crisis to use a defense to prosecution for illegally possessing a handgun. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 39, relative to firearms.

Sen. Raumesh Akbari [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-15	Senate	Refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee
2024-02-14	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1591 (Crossfiled) 2024-04-02 - No Action Taken

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2956&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2956.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB1591.pdf