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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are at least 25 people in attendance at the time of the discharge; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39."
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description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are at least 25 people in attendance at the time of the discharge; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 1747"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1747 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bowling"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-05-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e5ddcae-72e4-442c-a42b-6545501c1f75"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1747&ga=114"
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source_hash: "eaccbf93472d44c4154585eaed623279fef39e7174cd12895a77d495ae22c716"
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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 1747 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are at least 25 people in attendance at the time of the discharge; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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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. **Amendment HA0972** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0972.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0908** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0908.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1747.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/25/2026 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026 4/22/2026 Passed — **17–2** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **46–29** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2026 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed — **63–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bowling — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026
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- **2026-03-16** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2026-03-18** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026
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- **2026-03-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
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- **2026-03-23** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026
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- **2026-03-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
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- **2026-03-24** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
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- **2026-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-03-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2026-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2026
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- **2026-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2026-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0908)
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- **2026-04-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2026-04-21** Re-ref. Calendar and Rules Committee
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- **2026-04-21** Failed to pass H., Ayes 46, Nays 29, PNV 8
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- **2026-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0972) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2026-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 63, Nays 18, PNV 9 `passage`
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- **2026-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/22/2026
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- **2026-04-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2026
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- **2026-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
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- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1086
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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/2e5ddcae-72e4-442c-a42b-6545501c1f75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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