---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Violence - As enacted, requires the court to give a defendant intending to plead guilty to a domestic violence offense notice of the firearm dispossession consequences of a domestic violence conviction and sets out a procedure for a person convicted of domestic violence to terminate possession of all firearms. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111 and Section 40-14-109."
description: "Domestic Violence - As enacted, requires the court to give a defendant intending to plead guilty to a domestic violence offense notice of the firearm dispossession consequences of a domestic violence conviction and sets out a procedure for a person convicted of domestic violence to terminate possession of all firearms. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111 and Section 40-14-109."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "Tennessee SB 229 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Violence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c9379a1-31cd-4dfb-a184-ca2455f8a14e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0229&GA=110"
source_hash: "14d08843805c6f7dceafbebafb55ec51caf6f1244c4153d75ce9b61d6d148ef6"
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 229 (110) — Domestic Violence - As enacted, requires the court to give a defendant intending to plead guilty to a domestic violence offense notice of the firearm dispossession consequences of a domestic violence conviction and sets out a procedure for a person convicted of domestic violence to terminate possession of all firearms. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111 and Section 40-14-109.

## 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/SB0229.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/27/2017 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farmer — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-16** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 127
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 127
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/12/2017; 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c9379a1-31cd-4dfb-a184-ca2455f8a14e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).