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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, treats a licensed firearms dealer the same as a private citizen by allowing the dealer to occasionally sell, exchange, or transfer firearms from the dealer's personal collection without conducting a background check on the buyer; clarifies that the criminal history records check requirements do not apply to an occasional sale of a used or second-hand firearm by a person who is not engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
+description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, treats a licensed firearms dealer the same as a private citizen by allowing the dealer to occasionally sell, exchange, or transfer firearms from the dealer's personal collection without conducting a background check on the buyer; clarifies that the criminal history records check requirements do not apply to an occasional sale of a used or second-hand firearm by a person who is not engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 145"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 145 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beavers", "Rogers"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-17"
+last_action: "2017-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef6a260f-c3be-439f-aab5-7fef9df4e5dd"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0145&GA=110"
+source_hash: "870c3d1414828380397d95057f213924edc9571966a5ec4d361b5b23fa20b72b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 145 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, treats a licensed firearms dealer the same as a private citizen by allowing the dealer to occasionally sell, exchange, or transfer firearms from the dealer's personal collection without conducting a background check on the buyer; clarifies that the criminal history records check requirements do not apply to an occasional sale of a used or second-hand firearm by a person who is not engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0145.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2017 Passed (1) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beavers — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
+- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
+- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/22/17
+- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/28/2017
+- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
+- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
+- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
+- **2017-03-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/3/2017
+- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017
+- **2017-04-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/6/2017
+- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 14, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2017-04-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0200) `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
+- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-06** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2017-04-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2017-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 3 `passage`
+- **2017-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0269)
+- **2017-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2017-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 185
+- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 185
+- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/19/2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef6a260f-c3be-439f-aab5-7fef9df4e5dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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