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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands employees allowed to carry a handgun on property owned, operated, or controlled by a public institution of higher education to include retired law enforcement officers who retired in good standing with 20 years of service and are employed on a part-time basis by a public institution of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17."
+description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands employees allowed to carry a handgun on property owned, operated, or controlled by a public institution of higher education to include retired law enforcement officers who retired in good standing with 20 years of service and are employed on a part-time basis by a public institution of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "113"
+identifier: "SB 515"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 515 (113)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-25"
+last_action: "2023-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f7f44fd-2445-4689-96f9-ac4e2a117319"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0515&GA=113"
+source_hash: "7186867d3acdac40d84f314ff42fbc16e127122736baa8a9ae2d3c1b8db503c7"
+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 515 (113) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands employees allowed to carry a handgun on property owned, operated, or controlled by a public institution of higher education to include retired law enforcement officers who retired in good standing with 20 years of service and are employed on a part-time basis by a public institution of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0515.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2023 Passed (1) — **79–11** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/16/2023 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2023 Passed (2) — **7–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lundberg — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2023-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
+- **2023-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023
+- **2023-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2023-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2023-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
+- **2023-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2023-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 11, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2023-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2023-03-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
+- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 149
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f7f44fd-2445-4689-96f9-ac4e2a117319`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+