DATE CREATED: August 16, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 12/27/2023
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 09/11/2023
PROGRESS: Signed/Enacted/Adopted
BILL ID: HB7012
CATEGORIES: Justice, Budget and Finance
REGION: TN
As enacted, directs the department of safety to provide free firearm locks to Tennessee residents upon request, subject to appropriations; requires department-approved handgun safety courses to contain instruction on the safe storage of firearms; exempts the retail sale of firearm safes and firearm safety devices from sales and use taxes beginning November 1, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
SESSION: 113th General Assembly
VERSIONS: 3
LAST ACTION: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1
ACTIONS: 24
SPONSORS: Jake McCalmon (R) , Mark Cochran (R) , Mark White (R) , Sam Whitson (R) , Joe Towns (D) , G.A. Hardaway (D) , Mike Sparks (R) , William Lamberth (R)* , Dwayne Thompson (D) , Charlie Baum (R) , Gino Bulso (R) , Kirk Haston (R) , Jason Zachary (R) , Tim Hicks (R)
KEYWORDS: Excluding Glass-Faced Containers, Public Welfare Requiring, Deleting “Storage Methods, Taxes Beginning November, Additional Handgun Safety, Safe Storage Methods, Funds Specifically Appropriated, Firearm Safety Devices, Safe Firearm Storage, Firearm Safety Device