republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-557.md

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Bill	Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Firearm Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.	Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Firearm Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 557	Tennessee SB 557 (112)	bill	Firearms and Ammunition	enacted	Bell Warner	3	49	6	2021-02-01	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/b1859aa3-0700-4533-acef-195e054a6904	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0557&GA=112	7e356b8671e8eb3654f47236f5f4d8e04670bf4f5d7a2d17b90bedd4a28c5d84	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 557 (112) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Firearm Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0312 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0392 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — 71–18 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 4/6/2021 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — 25–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Warner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-03-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
• 2021-03-23 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
• 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
• 2021-03-30 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
• 2021-03-31 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
• 2021-04-06 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-13 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
• 2021-04-14 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-20 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
• 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
• 2021-04-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
• 2021-04-26 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/21
• 2021-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-26 Reset on cal. for 4/29/2021
• 2021-04-27 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-04-27 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5 passage
• 2021-04-27 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0392)
• 2021-04-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-28 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-04-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-29 Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 18, PNV 2 passage
• 2021-04-29 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0312) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-04-29 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-04-29 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-29 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-05-03 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-03 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-05-05 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-05 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-13 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/13/2021
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 444
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 444

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1859aa3-0700-4533-acef-195e054a6904. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).