DL endorsement bill in commitee

[Guest WyattEarp]

http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB0397.pdf

SECTION 11. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1351, is amended by deleting subsection (n) in its entirety and by substituting instead the following:

(n) Unless suspended or revoked, a permit issued pursuant to this section shall not expire and shall entitle the permit holder to carry any handgun or handguns that the permit holder legally owns or possesses. A permit shall be evidenced by an endorsement on a driver license as provided by § 55-50-302. The permit holder shall have such permit holder's driver license with the permit endorsement in the holder's immediate possession at all times when carrying a handgun and shall display the permit on demand of a law enforcement officer. SECTION 12. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1351, is amended by deleting subsection (o) in its entirety and by substituting instead the following: (o) The permit shall be issued as an endorsement on a state of Tennessee driver license.

SECTION 13. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1351, is amended by deleting subsection (q) in its entirety and by substituting instead the following:

(q) A permit holder shall have a firearms permit endorsement placed on the permit holder's Tennessee driver license when such driver license is issued or renewed. SECTION 14. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-50-102, is amended by adding a new subdivision thereto, as follows: ( ) "Firearms permit endorsement" means a special authorization that permit the holder to carry firearms where such weapons are not otherwise prohibited by law;

SECTION 15. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-50-302, is amended by adding a new subsection thereto, as follows:

(h) The department shall issue firearms permit endorsements to those persons who have received a handgun carry permit pursuant to § 39-17-1351.

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SECTION 16. Firearms permit endorsements shall be added to Tennessee driver licenses as they are issued or replaced. Handgun carry permits issued prior to the effective date of this act shall remain valid until a firearm permit endorsement is placed on the permit holder's driver license.

SECTION 17. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011, the public welfare requiring it.

[Oh Shoot]

The bill died long ago.

- OS

[Guest WyattEarp]

The bill died long ago.

- OS

can you post a link to verify that? I can't seem to find anything on it. been running multiple google searches.

[Guest WyattEarp]

The bill died long ago.

- OS

according to this, it's still pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee. was submitted 2/10/2011

Legislative Detail: TN Senate Bill 397 - 2011 Regular Session | eLobbyist

[Guest bkelm18]

according to this, it's still pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee. was submitted 2/10/2011

Legislative Detail: TN Senate Bill 397 - 2011 Regular Session | eLobbyist

If it's still in committee after such a long time, it's effectively dead.

[Guest PapaB]

according to this, it's still pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee. was submitted 2/10/2011

A bill in committee hasn't passed that legislative body, could not have been sent to the Gov. for his signature and therefore cannot become law this July 1st.

You verified it yourself.

You may want to look at this link from the Tennessee General Assembly website, Bill to Law - TN General Assembly it's very informative.

[Warbird]

The bill was sent to committee. That is where it remained.

The legislature is sine die for the year 2011.

[Daniel]

Closed.