Passed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB2770

Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 33; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49, relative to criminal offenses.

Subject: Criminal Offenses

Description: As introduced, authorizes the enhancement of criminal penalties up to life in prison without parole upon conviction of violent crimes by illegal aliens; conviction of possession of a firearm or deadly weapon by an illegal alien; or conviction of a violent crime on the property of a school by any person. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49.

Session: 113th General Assembly

Last Action: Signed by Governor.

Last Action Date: May 28, 2024

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	May 28, 2024	Signed by Governor.
Senate	May 16, 2024	Transmitted to Governor for action.
House	May 15, 2024	Signed by H. Speaker
Senate	May 9, 2024	Signed by Senate Speaker
Senate	Apr 29, 2024	Enrolled and ready for signatures
House	Apr 24, 2024	Subst. for comp. HB.
House	Apr 24, 2024	Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 22, PNV 0
House	Apr 24, 2024	Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0758)
House	Apr 22, 2024	Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
Senate	Apr 19, 2024	Sponsor(s) Added.
Senate	Apr 18, 2024	Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0852)
Senate	Apr 18, 2024	Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
Senate	Apr 18, 2024	Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 4
Senate	Apr 16, 2024	Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
Senate	Apr 16, 2024	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
Senate	Apr 16, 2024	Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/16/2024
Senate	Apr 11, 2024	Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2024
Senate	Apr 11, 2024	Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2024
Senate	Apr 10, 2024	Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to next calendar
Senate	Apr 8, 2024	Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/10/2024
Senate	Apr 8, 2024	Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/10/2024
Senate	Mar 26, 2024	Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
Senate	Mar 20, 2024	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/26/2024
Senate	Mar 20, 2024	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2024
Senate	Mar 19, 2024	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
Senate	Mar 19, 2024	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/20/2024
Senate	Mar 13, 2024	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
Senate	Mar 12, 2024	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/19/2024
Senate	Mar 11, 2024	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
Senate	Mar 11, 2024	Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2024
Senate	Mar 6, 2024	Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2024
Senate	Feb 5, 2024	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate	Feb 1, 2024	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Senate	Jan 31, 2024	Filed for introduction

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Draft	Jan 31, 2024	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
SA0852	Amendment 1-0 to SB2770	Mar 27, 2024	State Link	amendment text	No

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0	03/26/2024	7	1	0	0	Yes
Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea Kyle, Sara (D) Nay Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea Rose, Paul (R) Yea Stevens, John (R) Yea Taylor, Brent (R) Yea White, Dawn (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee	04/16/2024	9	2	0	0	Yes
Haile, Ferrell (R) Yea Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea Johnson, Jack (R) Yea Lamar, London (D) Nay Powers, Bill (R) Yea Stevens, John (R) Yea Walley, Page (R) Yea Watson, Bo (R) Yea White, Dawn (R) Yea Yager, Ken (R) Yea Yarbro, Jeff (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration	04/18/2024	27	4	0	0	Yes
Akbari, Raumesh (D) Nay Bailey, Paul (R) Yea Bowling, Janince (R) Yea Briggs, Richard (R) Yea Campbell, Heidi (D) Nay Crowe, Rusty (R) Yea Gardenhire, Todd (R) Yea Haile, Ferrell (R) Yea Hensley, Joseph (R) Yea Jackson, Edward (R) Yea Johnson, Jack (R) Yea Lowe, J. Adam (R) Yea Lundberg, Jon (R) Yea Massey, Becky (R) Yea McNally, Randy (R) Yea Niceley, Frank (R) Yea Oliver, Charlane (D) Nay Pody, Mark (R) Yea Powers, Bill (R) Yea Reeves, Shane (R) Yea Roberts, Kerry (R) Yea Rose, Paul (R) Yea Southerland, Steve (R) Yea Stevens, John (R) Yea Swann, Art (R) Yea Taylor, Brent (R) Yea Walley, Page (R) Yea Watson, Bo (R) Yea White, Dawn (R) Yea Yager, Ken (R) Yea Yarbro, Jeff (D) Nay
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FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	04/24/2024	22	73	0	0	No
Alexander, Rebecca (R) Nay Barrett, Jody (R) Nay Baum, Charlie (R) Nay Behn, Aftyn (D) Yea Boyd, Clark (R) Nay Bricken, Rush (R) Nay Bulso, Eugene (R) Nay Burkhart, Jeff (R) Nay Butler, Ed (R) Nay Camper, Karen (D) Yea Capley, Kip (R) Nay Carr, Dale (R) Nay Carringer, Michele (R) Nay Cepicky, Scott (R) Nay Chism, Jesse (D) Yea Clemmons, John (D) Yea Cochran, Mark (R) Nay Crawford, John (R) Nay Darby, Tandy (R) Nay Davis, Elaine (R) Nay Doggett, Clay (R) Nay Eldridge, Rick (R) Nay Faison, Jeremy (R) Nay Farmer, Andrew (R) Nay Fritts, Monty (R) Nay Gant, Ron (R) Nay Garrett, Johnny (R) Nay Gillespie, John (R) Nay Glynn, Ronnie (D) Yea Grills, Rusty (R) Nay Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Yea Hale, Michael (R) Nay Hardaway, G (D) Yea Haston, Kirk (R) Nay Hawk, David (R) Nay Hazlewood, Patsy (R) Nay Hemmer, Caleb (D) Yea Hicks, Gary (R) Nay Hicks, Tim (R) Nay Hill, Timothy (R) Nay Holsclaw, John (R) Nay Howell, Dan (R) Nay Hulsey, Bud (R) Nay Hurt, Chris (R) Nay Jernigan, Darren (D) Yea Johnson, Curtis (R) Nay Johnson, Gloria (D) Yea Jones, Justin (D) Yea Keisling, Kelly (R) Nay Kumar, Sabi (R) Nay Lafferty, Justin (R) Nay Lamberth, William (R) Nay Leatherwood, Tom (R) Nay Littleton, Mary (R) Nay Love, Harold (D) Yea Lynn, Susan (R) Nay Marsh, Pat (R) Nay Martin, Brock (R) Nay Martin, Greg (R) Nay McCalmon, Jake (R) Nay McKenzie, Samuel (D) Yea Miller, Larry (D) Yea Mitchell, Bo (D) Yea Moody, Debra (R) Nay Moon, Jerome (R) Nay Parkinson, Antonio (D) Yea Pearson, Justin (D) Yea Powell, Jason (D) Yea Powers, Dennis (R) Nay Ragan, John (R) Nay Raper, Kevin (R) Nay Reedy, Jay (R) Nay Richey, Bryan (R) Nay Rudd, Tim (R) Nay Rudder, Iris (R) Nay Russell, Lowell (R) Nay Sexton, Cameron (R) Nay Shaw, Johnny (D) Yea Sherrell, Paul (R) Nay Slater, William (R) Nay Sparks, Mike (R) Nay Stevens, Robert (R) Nay Terry, Gregory (R) Nay Thompson, Dwayne (D) Yea Todd, Chris (R) Nay Towns, Joe (D) Yea Travis, Ron (R) Nay Vaughan, Kevin (R) Nay Vital, Greg (R) Nay Warner, Todd (R) Nay White, Mark (R) Nay Whitson, Sam (R) Yea Williams, Ryan (R) Nay Wright, Dave (R) Nay Zachary, Jason (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	04/24/2024	70	22	0	0	Yes
Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea Barrett, Jody (R) Yea Baum, Charlie (R) Yea Behn, Aftyn (D) Nay Boyd, Clark (R) Yea Bulso, Eugene (R) Yea Burkhart, Jeff (R) Yea Butler, Ed (R) Yea Camper, Karen (D) Nay Capley, Kip (R) Yea Carr, Dale (R) Yea Carringer, Michele (R) Yea Cepicky, Scott (R) Yea Chism, Jesse (D) Nay Clemmons, John (D) Nay Cochran, Mark (R) Yea Crawford, John (R) Yea Darby, Tandy (R) Yea Davis, Elaine (R) Yea Dixie, Vincent (D) Nay Doggett, Clay (R) Yea Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea Fritts, Monty (R) Yea Gant, Ron (R) Yea Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea Gillespie, John (R) Yea Glynn, Ronnie (D) Nay Grills, Rusty (R) Yea Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Nay Hale, Michael (R) Yea Hardaway, G (D) Nay Haston, Kirk (R) Yea Hawk, David (R) Yea Hazlewood, Patsy (R) Yea Helton, Esther (R) Yea Hemmer, Caleb (D) Nay Hicks, Tim (R) Yea Hill, Timothy (R) Yea Holsclaw, John (R) Yea Howell, Dan (R) Yea Hulsey, Bud (R) Yea Hurt, Chris (R) Yea Jernigan, Darren (D) Nay Johnson, Curtis (R) Yea Johnson, Gloria (D) Nay Jones, Justin (D) Nay Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea Kumar, Sabi (R) Yea Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea Lamberth, William (R) Yea Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea Littleton, Mary (R) Yea Love, Harold (D) Nay Lynn, Susan (R) Yea Marsh, Pat (R) Yea Martin, Brock (R) Yea Martin, Greg (R) Yea McCalmon, Jake (R) Yea McKenzie, Samuel (D) Nay Miller, Larry (D) Nay Mitchell, Bo (D) Nay Moody, Debra (R) Yea Moon, Jerome (R) Yea Parkinson, Antonio (D) Nay Pearson, Justin (D) Nay Powell, Jason (D) Nay Powers, Dennis (R) Yea Ragan, John (R) Yea Raper, Kevin (R) Yea Reedy, Jay (R) Yea Richey, Bryan (R) Yea Rudd, Tim (R) Yea Rudder, Iris (R) Yea Russell, Lowell (R) Yea Shaw, Johnny (D) Nay Sherrell, Paul (R) Yea Slater, William (R) Yea Sparks, Mike (R) Yea Stevens, Robert (R) Yea Terry, Gregory (R) Yea Thompson, Dwayne (D) Nay Todd, Chris (R) Yea Towns, Joe (D) Nay Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea Vital, Greg (R) Yea Warner, Todd (R) Yea White, Mark (R) Yea Williams, Ryan (R) Yea Wright, Dave (R) Yea Zachary, Jason (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	04/24/2024	73	19	0	0	Yes
Alexander, Rebecca (R) Yea Barrett, Jody (R) Yea Baum, Charlie (R) Yea Behn, Aftyn (D) Nay Boyd, Clark (R) Yea Bricken, Rush (R) Yea Bulso, Eugene (R) Yea Burkhart, Jeff (R) Yea Butler, Ed (R) Yea Camper, Karen (D) Nay Capley, Kip (R) Yea Carr, Dale (R) Yea Carringer, Michele (R) Yea Cepicky, Scott (R) Yea Chism, Jesse (D) Nay Clemmons, John (D) Nay Cochran, Mark (R) Yea Crawford, John (R) Yea Darby, Tandy (R) Yea Davis, Elaine (R) Yea Doggett, Clay (R) Yea Eldridge, Rick (R) Yea Faison, Jeremy (R) Yea Farmer, Andrew (R) Yea Fritts, Monty (R) Yea Gant, Ron (R) Yea Garrett, Johnny (R) Yea Gillespie, John (R) Yea Glynn, Ronnie (D) Nay Grills, Rusty (R) Yea Hakeem, Yusuf (D) Nay Hale, Michael (R) Yea Hardaway, G (D) Nay Haston, Kirk (R) Yea Hawk, David (R) Yea Hazlewood, Patsy (R) Yea Helton, Esther (R) Yea Hemmer, Caleb (D) Nay Hicks, Tim (R) Yea Hill, Timothy (R) Yea Holsclaw, John (R) Yea Howell, Dan (R) Yea Hulsey, Bud (R) Yea Hurt, Chris (R) Yea Johnson, Curtis (R) Yea Johnson, Gloria (D) Nay Jones, Justin (D) Nay Keisling, Kelly (R) Yea Kumar, Sabi (R) Yea Lafferty, Justin (R) Yea Lamberth, William (R) Yea Leatherwood, Tom (R) Yea Littleton, Mary (R) Yea Love, Harold (D) Nay Lynn, Susan (R) Yea Marsh, Pat (R) Yea Martin, Brock (R) Yea Martin, Greg (R) Yea McCalmon, Jake (R) Yea McKenzie, Samuel (D) Nay Miller, Larry (D) Nay Mitchell, Bo (D) Nay Moody, Debra (R) Yea Moon, Jerome (R) Yea Parkinson, Antonio (D) Nay Pearson, Justin (D) Nay Powell, Jason (D) Nay Powers, Dennis (R) Yea Ragan, John (R) Yea Raper, Kevin (R) Yea Reedy, Jay (R) Yea Richey, Bryan (R) Yea Rudd, Tim (R) Yea Rudder, Iris (R) Yea Russell, Lowell (R) Yea Sexton, Cameron (R) Yea Sherrell, Paul (R) Yea Slater, William (R) Yea Sparks, Mike (R) Yea Stevens, Robert (R) Yea Terry, Gregory (R) Yea Thompson, Dwayne (D) Nay Todd, Chris (R) Yea Towns, Joe (D) Nay Vaughan, Kevin (R) Yea Vital, Greg (R) Yea Warner, Todd (R) Yea White, Mark (R) Yea Whitson, Sam (R) Yea Williams, Ryan (R) Yea Wright, Dave (R) Yea Zachary, Jason (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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