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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1

                            FIRST  EXTRAORDINARY SESSION

                                   SENATE   BILL NO. 85

                       By Johnson,  Lowe, Jackson, Massey,  Powers

                              Substituted for: House Bill No. 12

 By Lamberth, Cochran, White, Sparks, Thompson, Baum, McCalmon, Bulso, Whitson, Hardaway,
                             Haston, Towns, Zachary, Tim Hicks

AN ACT  to amend Tennessee  Code  Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 67, Chapter
       6, Part 3, relative to firearm safety.

BE IT ENACTED   BY THE  GENERAL   ASSEMBLY   OF  THE STATE  OF  TENNESSEE:

       SECTION   1. Tennessee Code  Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:

             (a) Subject to appropriations, the department of safety shall provide free firearm locks
       to a Tennessee  resident upon the  resident's request. The department of safety shall
       prominently display on the department's website instructions for requesting free firearm
       locks.

             (b) The department shall collaborate with the Tennessee bureau of investigation, and
       other state agencies as the department deems   appropriate, to create a public safety
       campaign dedicated to safe firearm storage using funds specifically appropriated for that
       purpose during the 2023-2024 fiscal year. It is the legislative intent that one million one
       hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) be appropriated for the department's public safety
       campaign dedicated to safe firearm storage.

       SECTION   2. Tennessee Code  Annotated, Section 39-17-1351(e), is amended by adding
Beginning October  1, 2023, all department-approved  handgun  safety courses shall include
instruction on the safe storage of firearms; provided, however, that a course that was approved by
the department prior to October 1, 2023, may continue to provide instruction in the same manner
under  which the course was  previously approved. A person who  has  obtained an enhanced
handgun  carry permit prior to October 1, 2023, is not required by this subsection (e) to take an
additional handgun safety course. before the last sentence.

       SECTION   3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1366(1)(1), is amended by deleting
storage methods and substituting safe storage methods; provided, however, that a course that
was approved  by the department prior to October 1, 2023, may continue to provide instruction in the
same  manner  under which the course was  previously approved. A person who has obtained a
concealed carry permit prior to October 1, 2023, is not required by this subdivision (1)(1) to take an
additional handgun safety course.

       SECTION   4. Tennessee   Code  Annotated, Section 67-6-393, is amended   by deleting
subsection (i).

       SECTION   5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:

              (a) There is exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter the retail sale of firearm
       safes and firearm safety devices.


(b) As used in this section:

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