--- type: "Bill" title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows an elected official of any county or municipality in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress; allows the county attorney in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13." description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows an elected official of any county or municipality in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress; allows the county attorney in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "111" identifier: "SB 2066" citation: "Tennessee SB 2066 (111)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Lundberg"] version_count: 1 action_count: 34 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2020-01-30" last_action: "2020-07-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be391b4-056a-4eb0-99fd-989de2f353e3" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2066&GA=111" source_hash: "ebfaaff775d392dfb0d002c4089993dbc028f0158bd2dd324830b009330df036" 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 2066 (111) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows an elected official of any county or municipality in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress; allows the county attorney in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress. - 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/111/Bill/SB2066.pdf) ## Votes - HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/12/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed — **23–4** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/2/2020 Passed (1) — **79–15** (pass) · lower - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2020 Passed (1) — **6–0** (pass) · upper - HOUSE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS & SENTENCING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/18/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower - HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Littleton — primary (person) - Lundberg — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction` - **2020-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction` - **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction` - **2020-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee - **2020-02-06** P1C. - **2020-02-10** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2020-02-11** Assigned to s/c Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2020 - **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee for 2/18/2020 - **2020-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee - **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 2/26/2020 - **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020 - **2020-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 4, PNV 2 `passage` - **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020 - **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 - **2020-03-18** Reset on Regular Cal. for 3-20-19 - **2020-03-20** Reset on Regular Cal. for 6-1-20 - **2020-05-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/1/2020 - **2020-06-02** Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 15, PNV 1 `passage` - **2020-06-02** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2020-06-02** Comp. SB subst. - **2020-06-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2020-06-08** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2020-06-09** Signed by H. Speaker - **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2020-06-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 681 - **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020 - **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 681 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8be391b4-056a-4eb0-99fd-989de2f353e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).