SB 34 - HB 599
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
February 1, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Natalie Dusek | Email: natalie.dusek@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
SB 34 - HB 599
SUMMARY OF BILL: Creates a Class A misdemeanor offense to knowingly give, sell, lend,
deliver, or otherwise transfer a firearm to a person when the transferor knows or reasonably should
know that the person receiving the firearm is prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm
under state or federal law. Applies to transfers of firearms made on or after July 1, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NOT SIGNIFICANT
Assumptions:
• Pursuant to 18 U.S. Code § 922(d), it is unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose
of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe
that such person is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime
punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, is a fugitive, is an unlawful user
of or addicted to any controlled substance, has been adjudicated as a mental defective or
has been committed to any mental institution, is an illegal alien, discharged from the Armed
Forces under dishonorable conditions, has renounced U.S. citizenship, is subject to a court
order that restrains such person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner
of such person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct
that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or
child.
• The proposed legislation is not estimated to result in a sufficient number of Class A
misdemeanor prosecutions for state or local government to experience any significant
increase in revenue or expenditures.
• Any additional workload on the courts is assumed to be accommodated within existing
judicial resources.
• Any fiscal impact to state or local government is estimated to be not significant.
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CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director