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TN SB1191
Bill
Status
2/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Raumesh Akbari
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AI Summary
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Creates "Akilah's Law" making it an offense to sell, offer to sell, deliver, or transfer a firearm to a person knowing they have been a patient in a mental institution within the previous 5 years
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Defines "mental institution" as any hospital, institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental health center, or part thereof used primarily for the care of persons with mental illness
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Covers both voluntary and involuntary admissions to mental institutions
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Exempts individuals whose voluntary treatment was solely for alcohol abuse disorder with no secondary substance abuse disorder or mental illness
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Effective date: July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
Firearms and Ammunition
Last Action
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
3/16/2026