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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, clarifies that the curriculum required before an employee is permitted to carry a handgun on the property of schools in distressed rural counties may be adapted by the instructing law enforcement agency from an existing curriculum approved by POST. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-816."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, clarifies that the curriculum required before an employee is permitted to carry a handgun on the property of schools in distressed rural counties may be adapted by the instructing law enforcement agency from an existing curriculum approved by POST. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-816."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 409"
citation: "Tennessee HB 409 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8909fb8-459d-4b24-873e-649c414e4e23"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0409&GA=110"
source_hash: "ef32c8a614ec63fe8242b51136cbec56053554f610aec5cebcd1664035d47b40"
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 409 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, clarifies that the curriculum required before an employee is permitted to carry a handgun on the property of schools in distressed rural counties may be adapted by the instructing law enforcement agency from an existing curriculum approved by POST. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-816.
## 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/HB0409.pdf)
## Votes
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Education Administration & Planning 3/28/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/22/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017 4/20/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 Passed — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Byrd — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee-- Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **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 s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 278
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 278
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/04/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8909fb8-459d-4b24-873e-649c414e4e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).