Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Passed Senate 1 D cosponsors

SB 0957 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.

Last action — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 05, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Stalled 28% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

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Summary

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a switch or auto sear device designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of converting a weapon to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger unless certain exceptions apply. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  6. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025

  7. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025

  8. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

  9. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/4/2026

  10. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/11/2026

  11. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  12. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

  13. Filed for introduction

  14. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  15. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  16. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/4/2025

  17. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025

  18. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025

  19. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025

  20. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025

  21. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025

  22. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025

  23. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025

  24. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025

  25. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (132)

132 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 0957 do?
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a switch or auto sear device designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of converting a weapon to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger unless certain exceptions apply. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Who sponsors SB 0957?
SB 0957 is sponsored by Lamar, London (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 0957?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 05, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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