HB 947 – SB 1191
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
March 12, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Natalie Dusek | Email: natalie.dusek@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
HB 947 – SB 1191
SUMMARY OF BILL: Enacts Akilah's Law. Creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for
selling, offering to sell, delivering, or transferring a firearm to a person knowing the person has been
a patient in a mental institution at any time within the previous five years.
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 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.
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1316(q)(3), it is a Class A misdemeanor offense to
knowingly transfer a firearm to a person who has been judicially committed to a mental
institution or adjudicated as a mental defective or is receiving inpatient treatment at a public
or private facility, service, or program other than a hospital that provides treatment or
rehabilitation services for mental illness or serious emotional disturbance.
• 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.
• There will be no significant impact to state or local courts.
• Any fiscal impact to state or local government is estimated to be not significant.
CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director