TN HB0947 | 2025-2026 | 114th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - Sponsor(s) Added.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 4 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - Sponsor(s) Added.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, enacts "Akilah's Law," which creates the offense of selling, offering to sell, delivering, or transferring a firearm to a person knowing the person has been a patient in a mental institution at any time within the previous five years. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-20 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2025-02-19 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2025-02-11 | House | Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2025-02-10 | House | P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee |
| 2025-02-06 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB1191 (Crossfiled) 2025-02-12 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Subjects
Tennessee State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0947&ga=114 |
| Text | https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0947.pdf |
