republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-1909.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Laken Riley Act of 2024," which generally prohibits a public institution of higher education from prohibiting adults lawfully present on the institution's property from carrying a non-lethal weapon for purposes of self-defense; allows certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.	Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Laken Riley Act of 2024," which generally prohibits a public institution of higher education from prohibiting adults lawfully present on the institution's property from carrying a non-lethal weapon for purposes of self-defense; allows certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 1909	Tennessee HB 1909 (113)	bill	Education Higher	enacted	Bulso	3	35	8	2024-01-22	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f51453cd-795c-4ede-8be5-00e85a199131	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1909&GA=113	3ddd0c07c62b9138d66fae7959a3dff685ca35f1c81cdea1bf2b566c0d5bb507	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1909 (113) — Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Laken Riley Act of 2024," which generally prohibits a public institution of higher education from prohibiting adults lawfully present on the institution's property from carrying a non-lethal weapon for purposes of self-defense; allows certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0553 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0748 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 2/13/2024 (5) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (2) — 78–17 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — 88–4 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Education Administration 2/20/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (3) — 71–23 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2024 Passed (1) — 26–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bulso — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-24 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-01-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-01-25 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee - Education Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
• 2024-02-06 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 2/13/2024
• 2024-02-07 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
• 2024-02-13 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/20/2024
• 2024-02-20 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Education Administration committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/28/2024
• 2024-02-28 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
• 2024-02-28 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-28 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-29 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-29 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024
• 2024-03-04 Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 17, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-03-04 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0553) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-05 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-03-07 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-03-28 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 2 passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0748)
• 2024-03-28 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-04-01 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/4/2024
• 2024-04-04 H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 88, Nays 4 PNV 0 HB1909
• 2024-04-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-04-05 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-04-10 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-10 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-11 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-23 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
• 2024-05-01 Pub. Ch. 791

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f51453cd-795c-4ede-8be5-00e85a199131. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).