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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 956 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Brooks |
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| 8 | 7 | | |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0956 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 001148 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 54; Title 38, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title |
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| 15 | 14 | | 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to the transfer of |
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| 16 | 15 | | firearms. |
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| 18 | 17 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 19 | 18 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, is amended by |
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| 20 | 19 | | adding the following as a new section: |
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| 21 | 20 | | 39-17-1330. |
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| 22 | 21 | | (a) As used in this section: |
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| 23 | 22 | | (1) "Family member" means a spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, |
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| 24 | 23 | | or grandchild, whether the relationship is by blood, marriage, or adoption; and |
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| 25 | 24 | | (2) "Gun dealer" means a person engaged in the business, as defined in |
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| 26 | 25 | | 18 U.S.C. § 921, of selling, leasing, or otherwise transferring a firearm, whether |
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| 27 | 26 | | the person is a retail dealer, pawnbroker, or otherwise. |
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| 28 | 27 | | (b) A person shall not sell or transfer ownership of a firearm, or purchase or |
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| 29 | 28 | | obtain ownership of a firearm, unless one (1) of the following applies: |
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| 30 | 29 | | (1) The seller or transferor is a gun dealer; |
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| 31 | 30 | | (2) The seller or transferor makes the sale or transfer to or through a gun |
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| 32 | 31 | | dealer and obtains a receipt; |
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| 33 | 32 | | (3) The sale or transfer of ownership of the firearm is one (1) of the |
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| 34 | 33 | | following: |
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| 35 | 34 | | (A) A firearm classified as an antique firearm under 18 U.S.C. § |
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| 36 | 35 | | 921; |
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| 39 | 38 | | - 2 - 001148 |
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| 41 | 40 | | (B) A transfer of a firearm between gun dealers or between |
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| 42 | 41 | | wholesalers and dealers; or |
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| 43 | 42 | | (C) A transfer of any firearm to a law enforcement or military |
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| 44 | 43 | | agency; |
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| 45 | 44 | | (4) The transferor is transferring ownership of the firearm to a family |
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| 46 | 45 | | member by gift, bequest, or inheritance; the transferee is not prohibited from |
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| 47 | 46 | | possessing a firearm under this part; and the transferee is at least eighteen (18) |
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| 48 | 47 | | years of age; or |
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| 49 | 48 | | (5) The transferor is transferring ownership of the firearm with the intent |
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| 50 | 49 | | that the transfer be temporary, neither the transferor nor the transferee is |
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| 51 | 50 | | prohibited from possessing a firearm under this part, and the purpose of the |
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| 52 | 51 | | transfer is not prohibited by law. |
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| 53 | 52 | | (c) A person who intentionally violates subsection (b) commits a Class B |
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| 54 | 53 | | misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than |
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| 55 | 54 | | ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and may be imprisoned for a period not to exceed nine |
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| 56 | 55 | | (9) months. A person convicted under this section is prohibited from possessing a |
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| 57 | 56 | | firearm for a period of two (2) years. |
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| 58 | 57 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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