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type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing - As enacted, increases penalty for unlawfully possessing a firearm with a prior conviction for a felony involving use of force or violence from Class C felony to Class B felony; increases from Class D felony to Class C felony penalty for person unlawfully possessing firearm with prior felony drug offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3."
description: "Sentencing - As enacted, increases penalty for unlawfully possessing a firearm with a prior conviction for a felony involving use of force or violence from Class C felony to Class B felony; increases from Class D felony to Class C felony penalty for person unlawfully possessing firearm with prior felony drug offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 452"
citation: "Tennessee HB 452 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sentencing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f965978-2074-440b-b166-9a984efa9cab"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0452&GA=110"
source_hash: "53035c902353f23f0c2b8d97e56a188cf51909e11a3f63f4e466a81502aceba2"
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 452 (110) — Sentencing - As enacted, increases penalty for unlawfully possessing a firearm with a prior conviction for a felony involving use of force or violence from Class C felony to Class B felony; increases from Class D felony to Class C felony penalty for person unlawfully possessing firearm with prior felony drug offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.
## 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/HB0452.pdf)
## Votes
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/19/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017 5/8/2017 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **816** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/8/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 5/8/2017 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 4/11/2017 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Eldridge — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Reset on Final cal. of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm 5-3-17
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0539)
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0245)
- **2017-05-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 6, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0513) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-30** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-14** Pub. Ch. 475
- **2017-06-14** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-06-14** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 475
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f965978-2074-440b-b166-9a984efa9cab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).