2025-2026 Regular Session • Tennessee Legislature
HB0947: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Legislative Summary
As introduced, enacts "Akilah's Law," which creates the offense of selling, offering to sell, delivering, or transferring a firearm to a person knowing the person has been a patient in a mental institution at any time within the previous five years. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
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Bill History
2/4/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/20/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/24/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/25/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2025
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025
House of Representatives
3/27/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2025
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
No Action Taken
House of Representatives
Roll Call Votes
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
3/26/2025
6
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/4/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Democrat: 24
Primary Sponsor
Shaundelle Brooks
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (23)
Justin Jones
Democrat
Jason Powell
Democrat
Gabby Salinas
Democrat
Bo Mitchell
Democrat
Vincent Dixie
Democrat
Gloria Johnson
Democrat
G.A. Hardaway
Democrat
Ronnie Glynn
Democrat
Caleb Hemmer
Democrat
Joe Towns
Democrat
Karen Camper
Democrat
John Clemmons
Democrat
Antonio Parkinson
Democrat
Johnny Shaw
Democrat
Sam McKenzie
Democrat
Larry Miller
Democrat
Jesse Chism
Democrat
Aftyn Behn
Democrat
Yusuf Hakeem
Democrat
Torrey Harris
Democrat
Bob Freeman
Democrat
Justin Pearson
Democrat
Harold Love
Democrat