DATE CREATED: August 21, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 12/27/2023
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 09/11/2023
PROGRESS: Signed/Enacted/Adopted
BILL ID: SB7085
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: 2
VOTES: 7
LAST ACTION: Effective date(s) 09/08/2023, 11/01/2023
ACTIONS: 30
SPONSORS: Jack Johnson (R)* , Adam Lowe (R) , Ed Jackson (R) , Becky Massey (R) , Bill Powers (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