Tennessee House Bill 274 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-03-11 - Reset on Final cal. of Civil Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, removes the authority of local governments to prohibit by resolution the possession of handguns in parks or recreational areas owned or operated by the local government; exempts persons who are authorized to carry handguns from the offense of carrying or possessing weapons in or on the grounds of any public park, playground, civic center or other building facility, area or property owned, used or operated by any municipal, county or state government, or instrumentality thereof, for recreational purposes. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1311.

As introduced, removes the authority of local governments to prohibit by resolution the possession of handguns in parks or recreational areas owned or operated by the local government; exempts persons who are authorized to carry handguns from the offense of carrying or possessing weapons in or on the grounds of any public park, playground, civic center or other building facility, area or property owned, used or operated by any municipal, county or state government, or instrumentality thereof, for recreational purposes. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1311.

Rep. Tilman Goins [R]

Rep. James Van Huss [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-11	House	Reset on Final cal. of Civil Justice Subcommittee
2015-03-04	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2015
2015-02-25	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
2015-02-19	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/25/2015
2015-02-12	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2015-02-11	House	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
2015-02-11	House	P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2015-02-09	House	Intro., P1C.
2015-02-03	House	Filed for intro.

SB0314 (Crossfiled) 2015-03-04 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0274&ga=109
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Bill/HB0274.pdf