---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes the department of safety to create a voucher program for the purpose of offsetting the cost of persons taking a handgun safety course for the first time; requires the department to report the number of courses taken using vouchers to the senate judiciary committee and house criminal justice committee. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes the department of safety to create a voucher program for the purpose of offsetting the cost of persons taking a handgun safety course for the first time; requires the department to report the number of courses taken using vouchers to the senate judiciary committee and house criminal justice committee. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 360"
citation: "Tennessee SB 360 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77cf76c4-ab28-4827-9eab-550f485735be"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0360&GA=113"
source_hash: "6f7b05d3600c24af046a92fa572d3921bcfcb1b86dcb2fcb1fe1f0c5966aace5"
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 360 (113) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes the department of safety to create a voucher program for the purpose of offsetting the cost of persons taking a handgun safety course for the first time; requires the department to report the number of courses taken using vouchers to the senate judiciary committee and house criminal justice committee. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.

## 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/SB0360.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/18/2023 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/11/2023 Passed (1) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/7/2023 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2023-04-04** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/11/2023
- **2023-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 445

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77cf76c4-ab28-4827-9eab-550f485735be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).