republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-229.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 229	Tennessee SB 229 (110)	bill	Domestic Violence	enacted	Farmer Massey	1	38	2	2017-01-31	2017-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/1c9379a1-31cd-4dfb-a184-ca2455f8a14e	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0229&GA=110	14d08843805c6f7dceafbebafb55ec51caf6f1244c4153d75ce9b61d6d148ef6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/1c9379a1-31cd-4dfb-a184-ca2455f8a14e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).