Bill Commons

TN HB 1093

enacted

Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the definition of "machine gun" to include any part, or combination of parts, designed and intended solely for use in converting a firearm into a machine gun; increases the classification for the intentional or knowing possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a machine gun from a Class E to a Class C felony; reclassifies certain other offenses involving the possession of firearm or handgun ammunition; makes a defendant ineligible for parole if convicted of aggravated assault that involved the use of a firearm from within a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did TN HB 1093 pass?

Yes. TN HB 1093 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-27): Pub. Ch. 513

What is TN HB 1093 about?

TN HB 1093 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the definition of "machine gun" to include any part, or combination of parts, designed and intended solely for use in converting a firearm into a machine gun; increases the classification for the intentional or knowing possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a machine gun from a Class E to a Class C felony; reclassifies certain other offenses involving the possession of firearm or handgun ammunition; makes a defendant ineligible for parole if convicted of aggravated assault that involved the use of a firearm from within a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.”.

Who sponsors TN HB 1093?

Sexton is the primary sponsor of TN HB 1093.

Introduced
2025-02-06
Latest action
2025-05-27 — Pub. Ch. 513
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sextonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-27

    Pub. Ch. 513

  2. 2025-05-27

    Effective date(s) 07/01/2025

  3. 2025-05-21

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-05-09

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-05-08

    Signed by Senate Speaker

    passage

  6. 2025-04-30

    Signed by H. Speaker

    passage

  7. 2025-04-28

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

    enrolled

  8. 2025-04-22

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  9. 2025-04-22

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

    substitution

  10. 2025-04-22

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0393)

  11. 2025-04-22

    Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 8

    passage

  12. 2025-04-21

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0122)

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-04-21

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 67, Nays 12, PNV 8

    passage

  14. 2025-04-21

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

    receipt

  15. 2025-04-17

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-04-17

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-04-17

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025

  18. 2025-04-17

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025

  19. 2025-04-16

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025

  20. 2025-04-09

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  21. 2025-03-26

    Placed behind the budget

  22. 2025-03-24

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  23. 2025-03-19

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2025-03-19

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-03-19

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  26. 2025-03-12

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-03-12

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/19/2025

  28. 2025-03-11

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  29. 2025-03-05

    Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/12/2025

  30. 2025-03-05

    Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  31. 2025-02-26

    Ref. to Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  32. 2025-02-26

    Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-02-26

    Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2025

  34. 2025-02-10

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  35. 2025-02-06

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  36. 2025-02-05

    Filed for introduction

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/12/2025 Passed (6)

    2025-03-12 · pass · 7-0

  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/19/2025 Passed (5)

    2025-03-19 · pass · 22-0

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 11-0

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 27-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-04-21 · pass · 67-12

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Capley: not voting
    • Gant: not voting
    • Grills: not voting
    • Hale: not voting
    • Johnson: not voting
    • Lafferty: not voting
    • Pearson: not voting
    • Vital: not voting
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2)

    2025-04-21 · fail · 0-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-04-22 · pass · 23-8

Related bills

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:51.339172Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TN&identifier=HB 1093. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.