Tennessee House Bill 7075

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on August 22 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-08-22 - Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, requires a person who purchases a firearm, or who applies for a permit to carry a handgun either openly or concealed, to sign an affidavit on a form prescribed by the department of safety affirming that the applicant will, while not lawfully carrying the firearm, store the firearm in a locked compartment; with a trigger locking device; or with a locked device rendering the firearm inaccessible to a person other than the owner or person in lawful possession of the firearm and immovable from the stored location; requires a firearm stored in a vehicle to be stored out of plain sight. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to the safe storage of firearms.

Rep. Bob Freeman [D]

Rep. John Clemmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-08-22	House	Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
2023-08-22	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-08-22	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 8/22/2023
2023-08-22	House	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-08-22	House	P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2023-08-21	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-08-18	House	Filed for introduction

SB7043 (Crossfiled) 2023-08-22 - Lay on the Table

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB7075&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB7075.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB7075.pdf