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2		-	SENATE BILL 1184
3		-	By Akbari
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5	4		HOUSE BILL 948
6	5		By Brooks
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9	8		HB0948
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36;
14	13		Title 39 and Title 40, relative to firearms
15	14		dispossession.
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17	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	17		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-3-625(a), is amended by deleting
19	18		subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) and substituting:
20	19		(1) That the respondent is required to dispossess any firearm in the respondent's
21	20		possession by transferring the firearm to a law enforcement agency designated by the
22	21		court within forty-eight (48) hours of the issuance of the order;
23	22		(2) That the respondent is prohibited from possessing a firearm for so long as
24	23		the order of protection or any successive order of protection is in effect; and
25	24		SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-3-625, is amended by deleting
26	25		subdivision (b)(1) and substituting:
27	26		(1) To terminate the respondent's possession of all firearms in the respondent's
28	27		possession pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) within forty-eight (48) hours;
29	28		SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-3-625, is amended by deleting
30	29		subdivision (b)(2) and substituting:
31	30		(2) To complete and return to the court within three (3) business days of the
32	31		issuance of the order:
33	32		(A) A copy of the receipt from the law enforcement agency demonstrating
34	33		the law enforcement agency's receipt of the firearm; and
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39	38		(B) The affidavit of firearm dispossession form created pursuant to
40	39		subsection (e), which the court may provide the respondent or direct the
41	40		respondent to obtain from the administrative office of the court's website; and
42	41		SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-3-625, is amended by deleting
43	42		subdivision (f)(1).
44	43		SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-3-625, is amended by deleting
45	44		subsection (g) and substituting:
46	45		(g) A law enforcement agency designated by the court to receive a respondent's
47	46		firearm pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) shall at the time of the surrender issue to the
48	47		respondent a receipt identifying all firearms that have been surrendered. The law
49	48		enforcement agency shall retain a copy of the receipt.
50	49		SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-111, is amended by deleting
51	50		subdivision (c)(6)(A) and substituting:
52	51		(A) Terminate physical possession of any firearm in the defendant's possession
53	52		by transferring the firearm to a law enforcement agency designated by the court within
54	53		forty-eight (48) hours of the issuance of the order; and
55	54		SECTION 7. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-111, is amended by deleting
56	55		subdivision (c)(6)(B) and substituting:
57	56		(B) Complete and return to the court in which the defendant was convicted within
58	57		three (3) business days:
59	58		(i) An affidavit of firearms dispossession form; and
60	59		(ii) A copy of the receipt from the law enforcement agency demonstrating
61	60		the law enforcement agency's receipt of the firearm.
62	61		SECTION 8. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-111(c), is amended by adding
63	62		the following as a new subdivision:
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68	67		(8) The defendant may obtain an affidavit of firearms dispossession from the
69	68		court or court clerk or the defendant may be directed to obtain a copy from the website
70	69		of the administrative office of the courts.
71	70		SECTION 9. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-111, is amended by adding
72	71		the following as a new subsection:
73	72		(g) A law enforcement agency designated by the court to receive a respondent's
74	73		firearm pursuant to subdivision (c)(6)(A) shall at the time of the surrender issue to the
75	74		respondent a receipt identifying all firearms that have been surrendered. The law
76	75		enforcement agency shall retain a copy of the receipt.
77	76		SECTION 10. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-14-109, is amended by deleting
78	77		subdivision (b)(4).
79	78		SECTION 11. The administrative office of the courts shall develop the affidavit of
80	79		firearms dispossession form required by § 39-13-111(c)(6)(B)(i). Upon completion, the form
81	80		must be posted on the website of the administrative office of the courts where it can be copied
82	81		by defendants or provided by the court or court clerk upon conviction.
83	82		SECTION 12. For the purposes of creating the form required by Section 11, this act
84	83		takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act
85	84		takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to offenses committed on or
86	85		after that date.