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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the exception to unlawful carrying or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition to include carrying or possession in a boat; clarifies that the exception includes a loaded firearm, as well as a firearm or ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the exception to unlawful carrying or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition to include carrying or possession in a boat; clarifies that the exception includes a loaded firearm, as well as a firearm or ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 688"
citation: "Tennessee HB 688 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "VanHuss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91b95ef5-32f8-44a7-beb6-dc853d963aaf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0688&GA=110"
source_hash: "cd8448a67ae61f0c02a8d9f74a014da68be363c36a4b1a465f603cf38a342b0e"
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 688 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the exception to unlawful carrying or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition to include carrying or possession in a boat; clarifies that the exception includes a loaded firearm, as well as a firearm or ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307.
## 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/HB0688.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017 3/9/2017 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/1/2017 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2017 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2017 Passed (1) — **7912** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bailey — primary (person)
- VanHuss — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 12, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0060) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/3/17
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0170)
- **2017-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 202
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 202
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91b95ef5-32f8-44a7-beb6-dc853d963aaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).