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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, prevents a municipality from charging a person with a violation of any ordinance prohibiting discharging a firearm within the municipal limits if the person acted in justifiable self-defense or to prevent the commission of a criminal offense when discharging the firearm. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1322."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, prevents a municipality from charging a person with a violation of any ordinance prohibiting discharging a firearm within the municipal limits if the person acted in justifiable self-defense or to prevent the commission of a criminal offense when discharging the firearm. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1322."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1910"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1910 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niceley", "Towns"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/508f2f97-3738-408a-923e-a08afb3c19ce"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1910&GA=110"
source_hash: "34555df9bdca2e9d808096128e5dc15631c2ccc3cdac226812fd653d6abf43de"
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 SB 1910 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, prevents a municipality from charging a person with a violation of any ordinance prohibiting discharging a firearm within the municipal limits if the person acted in justifiable self-defense or to prevent the commission of a criminal offense when discharging the firearm. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1322.
## 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/SB1910.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2018 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **300** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Niceley — primary (person)
- Towns — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-24** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to Next Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-12** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 599
- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 599
- **2018-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/23/2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/508f2f97-3738-408a-923e-a08afb3c19ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).