SB 1094 - HB 1207
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
April 4, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Natalie Dusek | Email: natalie.dusek@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
SB 1094 - HB 1207
SUMMARY OF BILL: Enacts the Suicide Prevention Act of 2024. Requires the Tennessee
Bureau of Investigation (TBI) to establish a program that enables a person to voluntarily waive the
person’s right to possess, purchase, or transport a firearm. Establishes the process by which such a
program must be administered, including the process by which an enrollee may revoke such a
voluntary waiver. Requires a completed voluntary waiver form to be submitted to the clerk of the
circuit court of the county in which the enrollee resides. Requires the circuit court clerk to transmit
the completed form to the TBI and the Department of Safety (DOS) within three business days.
Requires the TBI to maintain updated information in the program so that it can be used to flag
unlawful transfers of firearms to those who have voluntarily waived their right to purchase or
possess them. Requires the DOS, upon receipt of a completed form, to revoke any existing
handgun carry permits issued to the applicant. Requires, upon an enrollee’s successful revocation
from the program, the TBI and the DOS to destroy all records related to the person’s enrollment,
the TBI to remove the person from any state or federal databases used by law enforcement to
identify prohibited purchasers of firearms in which the person’s enrollment was entered, and the
DOS to reinstate the applicant’s handgun carry permits.
Creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for the sale of a firearm to someone who is a known
enrollee in the program. Establishes that any person that knowingly makes a false statement
regarding the person's identity on an enrollment or revocation form for the program commits
perjury. Creates a Class C misdemeanor offense for a person who is enrolled in the program to
purchase, possess, or transport a firearm.
Effective upon becoming a law for the purposes of implementation. Effective for all other purposes
on January 1, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
STATE GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES General Fund
FY25-26 $95,000
FY26-27 & Subsequent Years $27,500
OTHER FISCAL IMPACT
Any increase in expenditures to the Department of Safety is estimated to be not significant.
However, if the scope of work required by this and other legislation subsequently enacted exhausts
the relevant A-List contract provision, the proposed legislation could result in an increase in state
expenditures estimated to be $26,000 in FY25-26.
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Assumptions:
• The TBI can create all of the necessary forms and maintain and update the information for
the program within existing resources.
• The TBI contracts with a vendor for operation and maintenance of its FlexCheck system,
which is an online resource that allows law enforcement agencies, court clerks, attorneys
and the public to submit different types of data and reports electronically. The TBI would
contract further with the FlexCheck vendor and another vendor to facilitate integration of
the program into the FlexCheck system, and to establish a new message key that would
allow local law enforcement officers to query the system
• The increase in state expenditures to the TBI for this work and annual maintenance, as
quoted by the relevant vendors, is estimated to be $94,992 in FY25-26 and $27,500 in
FY26-27 and subsequent years.
• The DOS will require updates to its A-List system to facilitate new reasons for a handgun
permit revocation and a new letter configuration for the same. It is assumed that the
relevant vendor can perform the work required for these updates pursuant to a contract
provision without an increase in additional expenditures. Therefore, any increase in
expenditures to the DOS is estimated to be not significant.
• However, if the scope of work required by this and other legislation subsequently enacted
exhausts the relevant contract provision, the proposed legislation could result in an increase
in state expenditures estimated to be $26,000 in FY25-26.
• The DOS can accept the forms and execute any revocations or reinstatement of handgun
permits within existing resources. Any fiscal impact related to such permit revocations or
reinstatements is estimated to be not significant.
• It is assumed that licensed firearm dealers will comply with the prohibition on sales of
firearms to person enrolled in the program and therefore, will not result in a significant
increase in Class A misdemeanor convictions.
• The legislation is not estimated to result in a significant number of additional Class C
misdemeanor convictions related to violations of the terms of enrollment or Class A
misdemeanor convictions for acts of perjury on waiver forms. Any increase in expenditures
to local governments related to incarceration is estimated to be not significant.
• Based on the Fiscal Review Committee’s 2008 study and the Administrative Office of the
Courts’ 2012 study on collection of court costs, fees, and fines, collection in criminal cases
is insignificant; therefore, any increase in local revenue from fines is estimated to be not
significant.
• The clerks of the circuit courts can accept and transmit the forms to the TBI and the DOS
within existing resources.
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CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director