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type: "Bill"
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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."
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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."
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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: "SB 1241"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1241 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Sentencing"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "Norris"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 57
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-02-06"
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last_action: "2017-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b19d6c62-6fa7-4b17-9639-70a1a97a50b8"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1241&GA=110"
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source_hash: "b3d89e71aac907f7dda608316fb5b6abe284568938709f79637dd1da387bf903"
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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 SB 1241 (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.
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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/SB1241.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Eldridge — primary (person)
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- Norris — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
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- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/28/2017
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
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- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
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- **2017-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/4/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/4/2017
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- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-04** Reset on Final cal. of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/11/2017
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- **2017-04-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/19/2017
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- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
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- **2017-04-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-02** Placed behind the budget
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- **2017-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/8/2017
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- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2017
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- **2017-05-03** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm 5-3-17
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- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
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- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/9/2017
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- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
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- **2017-05-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
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- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-05-09** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/9/2017
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- **2017-05-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0539)
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- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0245)
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- **2017-05-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2017-05-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-05-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2017-05-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 6, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0513) `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
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- **2017-05-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2017-05-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2017-05-26** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2017-05-30** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-06-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-06-14** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 475
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- **2017-06-14** Pub. Ch. 475
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- **2017-06-14** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
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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/b19d6c62-6fa7-4b17-9639-70a1a97a50b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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