republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2370.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes an individual, business entity, or government entity to allow the concealed carry of handguns by handgun carry permit holders on the individual's or entity's property while prohibiting other weapons or the open carry of firearms; establishes posting requirements for \"concealed firearms by permit only\" signage. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1359."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes an individual, business entity, or government entity to allow the concealed carry of handguns by handgun carry permit holders on the individual's or entity's property while prohibiting other weapons or the open carry of firearms; establishes posting requirements for \"concealed firearms by permit only\" signage. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1359."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2370"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2370 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "VanHuss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60f3009d-ab90-4c93-94ab-5458fc2aba15"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2370&GA=110"
source_hash: "78daabc0f35b36b1bb39e60dad1b1b0c8828b9c808692111048a3ee0cc0b376b"
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 2370 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes an individual, business entity, or government entity to allow the concealed carry of handguns by handgun carry permit holders on the individual's or entity's property while prohibiting other weapons or the open carry of firearms; establishes posting requirements for "concealed firearms by permit only" signage. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1359.

## 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/HB2370.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **26–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/1/2018 PASSED (2) — **86–7** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/9/2018 PASSED (1) — **74–18** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018 2/22/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/14/2018 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- VanHuss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2018-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-01** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 7, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-01** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0725) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 1 PNV 2
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0897)
- **2018-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-09** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 74, Nays 18 PNV 1 HB2370
- **2018-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 823
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/24/2018
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 823

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60f3009d-ab90-4c93-94ab-5458fc2aba15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).