republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1939.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows county commissioner in the actual discharge of the commissioner's duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry in buildings in which county commission meetings are held, but not in room in which judicial proceeding in progress; not applicable to member of legislative body of metropolitan government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows county commissioner in the actual discharge of the commissioner's duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry in buildings in which county commission meetings are held, but not in room in which judicial proceeding in progress; not applicable to member of legislative body of metropolitan government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1939"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1939 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ragan", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a4dc3d1-182d-4c42-a4ae-637fc4fa121c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1939&GA=110"
source_hash: "53738ccb4403a3946a33f969f6f2d617a673fa41a952f921ae7031e5dcbaadec"
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 HB 1939 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows county commissioner in the actual discharge of the commissioner's duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry in buildings in which county commission meetings are held, but not in room in which judicial proceeding in progress; not applicable to member of legislative body of metropolitan government. - Amends TCA 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/HB1939.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **71–17** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/18/2018 PASSED (1) — **27–1** (fail) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018 3/29/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/21/2018 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ragan — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-26** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-01** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Judiciary Comm. 3-6-18
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 17, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1051) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 880
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 880

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a4dc3d1-182d-4c42-a4ae-637fc4fa121c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).