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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "Tennessee SB 445 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 76
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e3ba59f-9850-4afc-80fd-83793870b733"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0445&GA=110"
source_hash: "865b534c751c2af0329c38049fef4acb95cff872720c2feaac67c7b18633dd81"
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 445 (110) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates a private cause of action for a party that is adversely affected by a local ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment on firearms that is preempted by state law; restricts certain actions by local government in regard to handgun carry permittees. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
## 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/SB0445.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 3 PNV 0 5/2/2017 Passed — **83** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/22/2017 Passed — **72** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lamberth — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-18** Action def. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2017-05-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 24, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** Am. tabled. (Amendment 8 - HA0578) `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-05-03** Am. tabled. (Amendment 7 - HA0577) `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-05-03** Am. tabled. (Amendment 6 - HA0572) `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-05-03** Am. tabled. (Amendment 5 - HA0571) `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-05-03** Am. tabled. (Amendment 4 - HA0557) `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-05-03** Am. tabled. (Amendment 3 - HA0554) `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0543) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0194) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Senate Reset on heel of Regular calendar 5/8/17
- **2017-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 5-9-17
- **2017-05-09** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-09** H. concurred in S. am. no. 6 Ayes 71, Nays 14 PNV 1
- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0164)
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 5 - SA0529)
- **2017-05-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 6 - SA0530)
- **2017-05-09** Failed to adopt, Ayes 4, Nays 27 (Amendment 3 - SA0526)
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - SA0527)
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0504)
- **2017-05-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 467
- **2017-06-01** Pub. Ch. 467
- **2017-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e3ba59f-9850-4afc-80fd-83793870b733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).