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Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 947: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts "Akilah's Law," which creates the offense of 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. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 947 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts "Akilah's Law," which creates the offense of 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. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Primary sponsor: Shaundelle Brooks (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 1, 2026): Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shaundelle BrooksPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse60

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee
  2. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2026
  3. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
  4. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
  5. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
  6. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2026
  7. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
  8. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/11/2026
  9. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/11/2026
  10. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2026
  11. No Action Taken
  12. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source