Where are our State Senators on HB 0009/SB 0108?

[Worriedman]

The House seems to be at least considering closing down non-LE access to the HCP database, as evidenced by the number of Prime co-sponsors who have signed on to Lambert's initiative:  (Watson, Lundberg, Durham, Evans, Weaver, Johnson C, Rogers, Womick, Eldridge, Tidwell, Spivey, Carr J, Goins, Doss, Van Huss, Shipley, Kane, Carter, Travis, Lollar, Todd, Forgety, McDaniel, Moody, Hill T,  and Towns). Curiously absent is a single co-sponsor in the Senate, wonder whose direction that is falling underneath?

Seems like a good bill to me, and could cure some problems with other situations.

HOUSE BILL 9
By Lamberth

 

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to confidential records.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
(o)
(1) The following information and records are confidential, not open or available for public inspection and shall not be released in any manner:

(A) All information contained in any application for a handgun carry permit issued pursuant to § 39-17-1351, a permit renewal application, or contained in any materials required to be submitted in order to obtain such a permit;

[B] All information provided to any state or federal agency, to any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, to any official, agent, or employee of any state or federal agency, or obtained by any state or
federal agency in the course of its investigation of an applicant for a handgun carry permit; and(C) Any and all records maintained relative to an application for a handgun carry permit issued pursuant to § 39-17-1351, a permit renewal application, the issuance, renewal, expiration, suspension, or revocation of a handgun carry permit, or the result of any criminal history record check conducted under this part.

(2) Any information or other records regarding an applicant or permit holder may be released to a law enforcement agency for the purpose of conducting an investigation or prosecution, or for determining the validity of a handgun carry permit, or to a child support enforcement agency for purposes of child support enforcement, but shall not be publicly disclosed except as evidence in a criminal or child support enforcement proceeding.

(3) Nothing in this subsection (o) shall prohibit release of the handgun carry permit statistical reports authorized by § 39-17-1351(s).

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring
it.

 

[GKar]

HB009 has passed all House committees (State Gov Sub, State Gov and Calendar) and is on the House Regular Calendar for Monday, March 11.  It has a single amendment attached in the committee that adds the following:

 

(3) Any person or entity may request the department of safety to search its handgun permit holder database to determine if a named person has a Tennessee handgun carry permit as of the date of the request if the person or entity presents with the request a judgment of conviction, criminal history report, order of protection, or other official government document or record that indicates the named person is not eligible to

possess a handgun carry permit under the requirements of § 39-17-1351.

 

There is a fiscal note stating there is no significant impact.  It's even picked up a few more sponsors.

 

The companion bill, SB108, still has no co-sponsors over in Ramseyland.  It has been assigned to the Judiciary Committee since Jan 30, yet to be given a date.  Given the makeup of that committee, its hard to tell what will happen to it there, it it ever gets there.

 

Here's where the plot thickens: a competing, yet weaker bill, has now been assigned a date of March 12 (Tuesday) in the Senate Judiciary Committee.  The seemingly operative portions of this bill are as follows:

 

(3) Any information or other records in subdivision (o)(1) may be copied or reproduced, provided that not more than fifteen (15) records may be copied or reproduced by one (1) person in one (1) day. For the

purposes of this subsection (o), one (1) record shall be the complete file maintained by the department of safety and homeland security relative to a handgun permit for one (1) person.

 

(4) A compilation of information or other records, including names and addresses of permit holders, may be provided if the recipient of such information or records signs a statement that such recipient will not

publish such information or records nor will such recipient allow others to publish such information or records. A violation of this subdivision (4) is a Class C misdemeanor. Each publication event of such compilation of information or other records in violation of this subdivision is a separate offense.

 

Lets see how our pro-gun legislature screws us this time...

[GKar]

Well, Sen Jud Cmte rolled Campfield's competing bill (the weaker one) to next week, supposedly (according to Kelsey) to be considered along with SB108.  We'll see...

[Garufa]

HB 0009 passed the house today 84-10.   :up:

[reed1285]

HB 0009 passed the house today 84-10. :up:

Just saw this on the news....good ol TN

[GKar]

The real battle looks to be in the Senate...Ramsey's stated position differs significantly from HB0009.  Note the lack of Senate co-sponsors on SB0108?  I truly hope I'm wrong here, but at the moment, I'd bet dollars to donuts this one gets amended in the Senate Jud Cmte next week to open that door a fair bit wider.

[Guest RedLights&Sirens]

So if this goes through, my name comes off that website that has it published publicly? I forget which one it is off hand (mentioned in another thread), a Memphis news paper I think.