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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, treats a licensed firearms dealer the same as a private citizen by allowing the dealer to occasionally sell, exchange, or transfer firearms from the dealer's personal collection without conducting a background check on the buyer; clarifies that the criminal history records check requirements do not apply to an occasional sale of a used or second-hand firearm by a person who is not engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
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description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, treats a licensed firearms dealer the same as a private citizen by allowing the dealer to occasionally sell, exchange, or transfer firearms from the dealer's personal collection without conducting a background check on the buyer; clarifies that the criminal history records check requirements do not apply to an occasional sale of a used or second-hand firearm by a person who is not engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "HB 61"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 61 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beavers", "Rogers"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-17"
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last_action: "2017-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67fa466a-ad79-451c-a4c9-20aa0d8ce4f4"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0061&GA=110"
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source_hash: "d78143565a5b6b57597f5e1c5077e46bbb631bcde56f0b90aebb533131d46daf"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 61 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, treats a licensed firearms dealer the same as a private citizen by allowing the dealer to occasionally sell, exchange, or transfer firearms from the dealer's personal collection without conducting a background check on the buyer; clarifies that the criminal history records check requirements do not apply to an occasional sale of a used or second-hand firearm by a person who is not engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0061.pdf)
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## Votes
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- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/22/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017 3/30/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **78–14** (pass) · lower
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- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2017 Passed (1) — **24–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Beavers — primary (person)
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- Rogers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
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- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
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- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
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- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
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- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/22/17
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- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
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- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/28/2017
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- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
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- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017
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- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/3/2017
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- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 78, Nays 14, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0200) `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-04-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/6/2017
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- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
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- **2017-04-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2017-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 3 `passage`
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- **2017-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0269)
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- **2017-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2017-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-06** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2017-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2017-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2017-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 185
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- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/19/2017
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- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 185
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67fa466a-ad79-451c-a4c9-20aa0d8ce4f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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