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Bill Mental Illness - As enacted, requires, in certain circumstances, the instant check unit of the TBI to contact the chief law enforcement officer of a jurisdiction where a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution attempts to purchase a firearm; requires the reporting of certain other information of persons involuntarily committed. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Section 38-6-109. Mental Illness - As enacted, requires, in certain circumstances, the instant check unit of the TBI to contact the chief law enforcement officer of a jurisdiction where a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution attempts to purchase a firearm; requires the reporting of certain other information of persons involuntarily committed. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Section 38-6-109. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 HB 958 Tennessee HB 958 (110)
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Tennessee HB 958 (110) — Mental Illness - As enacted, requires, in certain circumstances, the instant check unit of the TBI to contact the chief law enforcement officer of a jurisdiction where a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution attempts to purchase a firearm; requires the reporting of certain other information of persons involuntarily committed. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Section 38-6-109.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 4/3/2018 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018 4/5/2018 — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Farmer — primary (person)
  • Haile — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-08 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-09 Intro. introduction
  • 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2017-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-13 P1C.
  • 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2017-02-15 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-15 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-01-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-01-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-02-07 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
  • 2018-02-14 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
  • 2018-02-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-02-21 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
  • 2018-02-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-02-28 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
  • 2018-02-28 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
  • 2018-02-28 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
  • 2018-03-06 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-03-06 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/13/2018
  • 2018-03-07 Reset on Final cal. of Civil Justice Subcommittee
  • 2018-03-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
  • 2018-03-13 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2018
  • 2018-03-13 Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-03-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
  • 2018-03-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-03-20 Sponsor change.
  • 2018-03-20 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2018-03-27 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/29/2018
  • 2018-03-28 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
  • 2018-03-29 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2018-03-29 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-03-29 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
  • 2018-03-29 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0901)
  • 2018-04-02 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2018-04-03 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-04-03 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/3/2018
  • 2018-04-03 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-04-04 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
  • 2018-04-05 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
  • 2018-04-12 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-04-12 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2018-04-12 Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2018-04-12 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1118) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2018-04-12 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2018-04-13 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2018-04-16 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2018-04-17 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2018-04-18 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2018-04-24 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 799
  • 2018-05-04 Pub. Ch. 799
  • 2018-05-04 Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/842003bc-544f-4499-b34c-e8b8e59df64a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).