# Tennessee SB 0034: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.

Tennessee SB 0034, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-04-09 (Re-refer to Senate Calendar Committee) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 0034
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-06
- Last action: 2026-04-09, Re-refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Criminal Offenses
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (26 yes, 23 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democrat), Senate
- Cosponsor: London Lamar (Democrat), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2026 | fail | 11 | 21 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 2 |   |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (24)

- 2026-04-09: Re-refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Failed to pass Senate, Ayes 11, Nays 21 (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0933) (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-04-07: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/24/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/24/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/10/2026 (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-01-06: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0034.pdf)
- HA1059: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1059.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0034.pdf)
- SA0933: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0933.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0034.pdf)
- [HA1059 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1059.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0034.pdf)
- [SA0933 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0933.pdf)

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- [HB 2670: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2670-2025-2026)
- [HB 2656: AN ACT to amend Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2656-2025-2026)
- [HB 2631: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2631-2025-2026)
- [HB 2649: AN ACT to amend Chapter 84 of the Private Acts of 1991; as amended by Chapter 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2649-2025-2026)
- [HB 2533: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 5, Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2533-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0034-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).
