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HB2514Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 55 and Title 65, relative to weapons.

Introduced

Introduced by Monty Fritts, District 32

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

As introduced, deletes the offense of carrying a firearm or a club with the intent to go armed, prohibits the carrying of a firearm or weapon inside of a K-12 public or private school and on a school bus if the person's intent is to go armed and the school and the bus are posted in a certain manner; deletes the offense of carrying a firearm on the property of a university, college campus, and other public or private non-K-12 educational institutions or property; rewrites the offense of possessing a handgun while under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance or controlled substance analogue; rewrites the offense of carrying weapons during judicial proceedings; makes various other changes related to firearms. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 55 and Title 65.

Where it stands

Reset on Final cal. 4 of Criminal Justice Subcommittee

April 7, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO RECALL · April 21, 2026

21

Yes

50

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

73 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Bud Hulsey2Yes
Timothy Hill3Yes
Renea Jones4No
David Hawk5No
Tim Hicks6No
Rebecca Alexander7No
Jerome Moon8No
Gary Hicks9No
Rick Eldridge10No
Jeremy Faison11No

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee - Education Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/4/2026

  6. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/11/2026

  7. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  8. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/18/2026

  9. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  10. Sponsor(s) Added.

  11. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/25/2026

  12. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026

  13. Sponsor(s) Added.

  14. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/1/2026

  15. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/1/2026

  16. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/7/2026

  17. Reset on Final cal. 4 of Criminal Justice Subcommittee

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