AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearms offenses involving minors.
- Introduced Feb 1, 2024
- In committee Feb 5, 2024
- Failed
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for illegally transferring a firearm to a minor from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony and requires that an adult who is convicted be punished as criminally responsible for any resulting crime; creates the Class D felony of inducing or coercing a minor to commit theft of a firearm or robbery or burglary involving theft of a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Every action
7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- SenateFiled for introduction
- SenateIntroduced, Passed on First Consideration
- CommitteePassed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee · Senate Judiciary Committee
- CommitteePlaced on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024 · Senate Judiciary Committee
- SenateAction deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
- CommitteePlaced on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2024 · Senate Judiciary Committee
- SenateFailed in Senate Judiciary Committee
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
- RA Raumesh AkbariD Primary sponsor · District 29
From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 3, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.