SENATE BILL 7103
By Oliver AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39,
Chapter 17, relative to safe storage of 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 person is urged not to leave or store a firearm or firearm ammunition in an unattended motor vehicle, as defined in ยง 55-1-103, unless the firearm or firearm ammunition being stored in the motor vehicle is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, glove box, interior of the person's motor vehicle, or a container securely affixed to the motor vehicle.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect October 1, 2023, the public welfare requiring it.
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