SENATE BILL 2954
By Akbari HOUSE BILL 1589
By Pearson AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4,
Chapter 54; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 40,
relative to ammunition magazines for firearms.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
(a) It is a violation of this section for a person to manufacture, transfer, or purchase in this state a detachable firearm ammunition magazine that is capable of
storing and feeding more than ten (10) rounds of ammunition.
(b) A violation of this section is punishable only by a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(c) A firearm ammunition magazine that is manufactured, transferred, or purchased in violation of this section is subject to forfeiture pursuant to title 40, chapter
33, part 2.
(d) This section does not prohibit the possession of a firearm ammunition magazine by a person who lawfully obtained the magazine prior to July 1, 2023.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2023, the public welfare requiring it.
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