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TN HB 947

died on adjournment

Firearms and Ammunition - 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.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Introduced
2025-02-06
Status date
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Latest action
2026-04-01 — Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Brooksprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2025-02-06

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  3. 2025-02-10

    P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-02-11

    Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-19

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  6. 2025-02-20

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  7. 2025-02-24

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  8. 2025-02-25

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  9. 2025-03-12

    Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

  10. 2025-03-19

    Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  11. 2025-03-19

    Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2025

  12. 2025-03-25

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  13. 2025-03-26

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025

  14. 2025-03-26

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-03-27

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  16. 2025-04-02

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025

  17. 2025-04-02

    Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2025

  18. 2025-04-09

    No Action Taken

  19. 2026-02-25

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2026

  20. 2026-03-04

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2026

  21. 2026-03-04

    Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/11/2026

  22. 2026-03-11

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026

  23. 2026-03-11

    Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2026

  24. 2026-03-18

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026

  25. 2026-03-18

    Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026

  26. 2026-03-25

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026

  27. 2026-03-25

    Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2026

  28. 2026-04-01

    Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/26/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-03-26 · pass · 6-2

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Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0947&ga=114

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