---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Hearing Protection Act,\" which deletes the prohibition on possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a firearm silencer. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1301 and Section 39-17-1302."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Hearing Protection Act,\" which deletes the prohibition on possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a firearm silencer. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1301 and Section 39-17-1302."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 921"
citation: "Tennessee SB 921 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goins", "Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aed2ea3-ed0e-4b0d-9078-ccc3ef1eeb7c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0921&GA=110"
source_hash: "4071da752ecb31da2550471a2240f2678ff0e27aa3c874d6089ce435c4a53a12"
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 921 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Hearing Protection Act," which deletes the prohibition on possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a firearm silencer. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1301 and Section 39-17-1302.

## 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/SB0921.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed (1) — **74–18** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2017 Passed (1) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed (2) — **69–26** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 1 BY Stewart PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed — **71–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goins — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2017-01-12** Ref. Civil Justice Committee
- **2017-01-24** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/3/17
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Passed H., Ayes 74, Nays 18, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Am. tabled. (Amendment 1 - HA0553) `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **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`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 339
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 339

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aed2ea3-ed0e-4b0d-9078-ccc3ef1eeb7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).