2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

HB0563: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.

Legislative Summary

As introduced, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle while the person is not in the motor vehicle unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle; requires the owner of a firearm to report the loss or theft of the firearm to law enforcement within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or theft. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

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Bill History

1/29/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
3/26/2025
2
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: FAILED

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(3/26/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Caleb Hemmer
Caleb Hemmer
Democrat

Documents

Draft
Bill Text2/4/202512.9 KB
Draft
Bill Text1/29/202512.9 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/1/2025112.6 KB