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| 5 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 824 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Hensley |
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| 8 | 7 | | |
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| 9 | 8 | | SB0824 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002178 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1352(a)(6), is amended by |
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| 18 | 17 | | deleting "§ 39-17-1360" and substituting "§ 39-17-1353". |
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| 19 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1358(b), is amended by |
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| 20 | 19 | | deleting "§ 39-17-1360" and substituting "§ 39-17-1353". |
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| 21 | 20 | | SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1359, is amended by deleting |
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| 22 | 21 | | the section and substituting: |
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| 23 | 22 | | (a) Except as provided in § 39-17-1313, this section does not preclude an |
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| 24 | 23 | | individual, corporation, business entity, or local, state, or federal government entity or |
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| 25 | 24 | | agent thereof from posting signage in prominent locations advising patrons that anyone |
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| 26 | 25 | | possessing a firearm on the premises may be denied admission onto the premises or |
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| 27 | 26 | | required to leave the premises by the owner or manager. |
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| 28 | 27 | | (b) |
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| 29 | 28 | | (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2), this section does not |
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| 30 | 29 | | authorize an entity of local government or a permittee thereof to enact or enforce |
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| 31 | 30 | | a prohibition or restriction on the possession of a handgun by an enhanced |
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| 32 | 31 | | handgun carry permit holder or concealed handgun carry permit holder on |
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| 33 | 32 | | property owned or administered by the entity unless: |
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| 34 | 33 | | (A) The following are provided at each public entrance to the |
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| 35 | 34 | | property: |
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| 41 | 40 | | (ii) At least one (1) law enforcement or private security |
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| 42 | 41 | | officer who has been adequately trained to conduct inspections of |
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| 43 | 42 | | persons entering the property by use of metal detection devices; |
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| 44 | 43 | | and |
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| 45 | 44 | | (B) Each person who enters the property through the public |
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| 46 | 45 | | entrance when the property is open to the public and any bag, package, |
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| 47 | 46 | | and other container carried by the person is inspected by a law |
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| 48 | 47 | | enforcement or private security officer described in subdivision |
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| 49 | 48 | | (b)(1)(A)(ii) or an authorized representative with the authority to deny |
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| 50 | 49 | | entry to the property. |
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| 51 | 50 | | (2) The restrictions in subdivision (b)(1) do not apply to: |
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| 52 | 51 | | (A) Facilities that are licensed under title 33, title 37, or title 68; |
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| 53 | 52 | | (B) Property on which firearms are prohibited by § 39-17-1309 or |
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| 54 | 53 | | § 39-17-1311(b)(1)(H)(ii); |
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| 55 | 54 | | (C) Property on which firearms are prohibited by § 39-17-1306 at |
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| 56 | 55 | | all times regardless of whether judicial proceedings are in progress; |
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| 57 | 56 | | (D) Buildings that contain a law enforcement agency, as defined |
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| 58 | 57 | | in § 39-13-519; |
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| 59 | 58 | | (E) Libraries; or |
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| 60 | 59 | | (F) Facilities that are licensed by the department of human |
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| 61 | 60 | | services under title 71, chapter 3, part 5, and administer a Head Start |
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| 62 | 61 | | program. |
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| 63 | 62 | | SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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