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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes community corrections officers in Claiborne County, Grainger County, Hancock County, Hawkins County, Jefferson County, and Union County who hold a valid Tennessee handgun permit to carry a handgun at all times and in all places in this state while in the course of employment and engaged in the actual discharge of official duties. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes community corrections officers in Claiborne County, Grainger County, Hancock County, Hawkins County, Jefferson County, and Union County who hold a valid Tennessee handgun permit to carry a handgun at all times and in all places in this state while in the course of employment and engaged in the actual discharge of official duties. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 647"
citation: "Tennessee SB 647 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niceley", "Sexton J"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1156179-a234-48c4-94b2-e3f5e4e85d04"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0647&GA=110"
source_hash: "24d5bf1c0a198985ea34ec4bdfd9489aa9c4849b03ed05ff66c907620dae3db3"
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 647 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes community corrections officers in Claiborne County, Grainger County, Hancock County, Hawkins County, Jefferson County, and Union County who hold a valid Tennessee handgun permit to carry a handgun at all times and in all places in this state while in the course of employment and engaged in the actual discharge of official duties. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0647.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2018 PASSED — **8014** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/16/2018 PASSED — **311** (fail) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2018 Passed — **61** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2018 PASSED — **280** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Niceley — primary (person)
- Sexton J — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **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`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-15** Re-ref. Civil Justice Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 14, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0968) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-11** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0373) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-11** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 1, PNV 1 (Amendment 2 - HA0968) `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 828
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 04/27/2018
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 828
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1156179-a234-48c4-94b2-e3f5e4e85d04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).