republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-445.md

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Bill	Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.	Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 445	Tennessee SB 445 (110)	bill	Firearms and Ammunition	enacted	Lamberth Stevens	1	76	2	2017-02-06	2017-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0e3ba59f-9850-4afc-80fd-83793870b733	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0445&GA=110	865b534c751c2af0329c38049fef4acb95cff872720c2feaac67c7b18633dd81	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 445 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and 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

Votes

• SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 3 PNV 0 5/2/2017 Passed — 8–3 (pass) · upper
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/22/2017 Passed — 7–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lamberth — primary (person)
• Stevens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-06 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-09 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2017-02-09 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
• 2017-03-01 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-01 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-08 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
• 2017-03-08 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
• 2017-03-15 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
• 2017-03-15 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
• 2017-03-15 Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/22/17
• 2017-03-21 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2017
• 2017-03-22 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
• 2017-03-22 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
• 2017-03-22 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/28/2017
• 2017-03-22 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• 2017-03-28 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-29 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
• 2017-03-29 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-05 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-12 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
• 2017-04-12 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-18 Action def. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 4/25/2017
• 2017-04-19 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
• 2017-04-20 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-25 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-26 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
• 2017-04-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
• 2017-04-27 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
• 2017-05-01 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
• 2017-05-01 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
• 2017-05-02 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 3 PNV 0
• 2017-05-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-05-03 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 calendar for 5/4/2017
• 2017-05-03 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2017-05-03 Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 24, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-05-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-05-03 Am. tabled. (Amendment 8 - HA0578) amendment-deferral
• 2017-05-03 Am. tabled. (Amendment 7 - HA0577) amendment-deferral
• 2017-05-03 Am. tabled. (Amendment 6 - HA0572) amendment-deferral
• 2017-05-03 Am. tabled. (Amendment 5 - HA0571) amendment-deferral
• 2017-05-03 Am. tabled. (Amendment 4 - HA0557) amendment-deferral
• 2017-05-03 Am. tabled. (Amendment 3 - HA0554) amendment-deferral
• 2017-05-03 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0543) amendment-passage
• 2017-05-03 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0194) amendment-withdrawal
• 2017-05-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-05-04 Senate Reset on heel of Regular calendar 5/8/17
• 2017-05-04 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-05-08 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/9/2017
• 2017-05-08 Senate Reset on calendar for 5-9-17
• 2017-05-09 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2017-05-09 H. concurred in S. am. no. 6 Ayes 71, Nays 14 PNV 1
• 2017-05-09 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 6 passage
• 2017-05-09 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0164)
• 2017-05-09 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 5 - SA0529)
• 2017-05-09 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 6 - SA0530)
• 2017-05-09 Failed to adopt, Ayes 4, Nays 27 (Amendment 3 - SA0526)
• 2017-05-09 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - SA0527)
• 2017-05-09 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0504)
• 2017-05-09 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2017-05-10 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2017-05-11 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-05-17 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-05-18 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2017-05-26 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-06-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 467
• 2017-06-01 Pub. Ch. 467
• 2017-06-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e3ba59f-9850-4afc-80fd-83793870b733. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).