---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weapons - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of whether possession of a weapon is allowed or prohibited, when certain property is considered to be \"in use\" for school purposes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
description: "Weapons - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of whether possession of a weapon is allowed or prohibited, when certain property is considered to be \"in use\" for school purposes. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 995"
citation: "Tennessee HB 995 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "White D"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fbb78b7-0693-473f-8c04-dccf0c62ec30"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0995&GA=110"
source_hash: "e7c5421c2c0689b32ad5e8c8d88f86c7a04980603f5cb9aa9ae9dc0de71f9e60"
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 HB 995 (110) — Weapons - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of whether possession of a weapon is allowed or prohibited, when certain property is considered to be "in use" for school purposes. - 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/HB0995.pdf)

## Votes

- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/29/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)
- White D — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/3/17
- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0169)
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 17, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0324) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 341
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 341
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/09/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fbb78b7-0693-473f-8c04-dccf0c62ec30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).