HOUSE BILL 237
By Miller SENATE BILL 10
By Lamar AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39,
Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1307(g), is amended by
deleting subdivision (g)(1) and substituting:
(1)
(A) The person has a handgun carry permit issued pursuant to § 39-17-
1351 or § 39-17-1366 and:
(i) Is in a county having a metropolitan form of government with a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to
the 2020 federal census or any subsequent federal census; or
(ii) Is in a county having a population over nine hundred thousand
(900,000); or
(B) The person is not in a county having a metropolitan form of
government with a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000) or a county having a population over nine hundred thousand (900,000), according to
the 2020 federal census or any subsequent federal census and:
(i) Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; or
(ii) The person is at least eighteen (18) years of age and:
(a) Is an honorably discharged or retired veteran of the United States armed forces;
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 (b) Is an honorably discharged member of the army national guard, the army reserve, the navy reserve, the marine corps reserve, the air national guard, the air force reserve, or the coast guard reserve, who has successfully completed a basic training program; or
(c) Is a member of the United States armed forces on
active duty status or is a current member of the army national guard, the army reserve, the navy reserve, the marine corps reserve, the air national guard, the air force reserve, or the coast guard reserve, who has successfully completed a basic training program;
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2023, the public welfare requiring it.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 39-17-1307(g), 39-17-1307