---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Second Amendment Sanctuary Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Second Amendment Sanctuary Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 928"
citation: "Tennessee HB 928 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell S", "Hensley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4edb5936-ff29-49bf-b456-2ac85ae6fb90"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0928&GA=112"
source_hash: "19f4d5857cda456a27384609a5490e9e13aaad67678bff06f0396bdd252378cc"
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 928 (112) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Second Amendment Sanctuary Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0176** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0176.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0438** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0438.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0442** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0442.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0321** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0321.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0928.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **75–13** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY CAMPBELL PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (2) — **73–13** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/23/2021 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0 4/13/2021 Passed (3) — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/26/2021 Passed (2) — **24–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Campbell S — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass if am.; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/21
- **2021-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-12** Reset on cal. for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/21
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-19** Reset on cal. for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27 Nays 5, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0321)
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/21
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-29** Reset on cal. for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 13, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0442) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0438) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0176) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 5 (Amendment 2 - HA0438) `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 553
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/26/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 553

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4edb5936-ff29-49bf-b456-2ac85ae6fb90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).