republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-754.md

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Bill	Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for the transfer of a firearm to a person knowing that the person: has been judicially committed to a mental institution or adjudicated as a mental defective unless the person's right to possess firearms has been restored; or is receiving inpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment at a hospital or treatment resource. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17.	Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for the transfer of a firearm to a person knowing that the person: has been judicially committed to a mental institution or adjudicated as a mental defective unless the person's right to possess firearms has been restored; or is receiving inpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment at a hospital or treatment resource. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 754	Tennessee HB 754 (111)	bill	Firearms and Ammunition	enacted	Bell Smith	4	39	7	2019-02-05	2019-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/d8e24c79-52a2-4acc-a574-7a4193197ff7	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0754&GA=111	1bc53f899776373597b5b742dcf5e2da4816d4a8076551b24ca05eee528efc71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 754 (111) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for the transfer of a firearm to a person knowing that the person: has been judicially committed to a mental institution or adjudicated as a mental defective unless the person's right to possess firearms has been restored; or is receiving inpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment at a hospital or treatment resource. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0196 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA0331 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0399 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — 93–2 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS & SENTENCING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/20/2019 (5) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-27 Placed on s/c cal Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
• 2019-03-06 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee of Judiciary
• 2019-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-04 Re-ref. Judiciary
• 2019-04-08 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-09 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
• 2019-04-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
• 2019-04-15 Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 2, PNV 1 passage
• 2019-04-15 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0196) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-15 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0331) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-16 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-17 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-17 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
• 2019-04-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-25 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-30 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0399)
• 2019-04-30 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-30 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-05-07 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-05-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-14 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-29 Pub. Ch. 432
• 2019-05-29 Effective date(s) 05/21/2019
• 2019-05-29 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 432

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8e24c79-52a2-4acc-a574-7a4193197ff7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).