republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-2066.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows an elected official of any county or municipality in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress; allows the county attorney in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
description: "Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows an elected official of any county or municipality in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress; allows the county attorney in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2066"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2066 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms and Ammunition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be391b4-056a-4eb0-99fd-989de2f353e3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2066&GA=111"
source_hash: "ebfaaff775d392dfb0d002c4089993dbc028f0158bd2dd324830b009330df036"
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 2066 (111) — Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, allows an elected official of any county or municipality in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress; allows the county attorney in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in which judicial proceedings are in progress. - Amends TCA 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/111/Bill/SB2066.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/12/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/2/2020 Passed (1) — **79–15** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2020 Passed (1) — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS & SENTENCING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 2/18/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Littleton — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-06** P1C.
- **2020-02-10** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Assigned to s/c Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 4, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020
- **2020-03-18** Reset on Regular Cal. for 3-20-19
- **2020-03-20** Reset on Regular Cal. for 6-1-20
- **2020-05-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/1/2020
- **2020-06-02** Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 15, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-06-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 681
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 681

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8be391b4-056a-4eb0-99fd-989de2f353e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).