As introduced, enacts "MaKayla's Law," which expands the offense of reckless endangerment to include a person's reckless failure to render inoperable or safely secure or lock a firearm, resulting in a child under 13 gaining possession of the firearm and injuring or killing the child or another.

The bill mandates that any third party who takes possession of a firearm from an offender must submit an affidavit to the court. This affidavit must affirm specific information regarding the possession of the gun, ensuring legal compliance and accountability in the transfer of firearm ownership from offenders.

This bill introduces a new Class A misdemeanor for knowingly giving, selling, lending, delivering, or otherwise transferring a firearm to someone who is, or should be known to be, prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm under state or federal law.

This bill permits courts to issue a risk protection order if there is clear and convincing evidence that a person poses a significant danger of causing injury to themselves or others with a firearm. Additionally, it authorizes law enforcement officers to petition for such an order, aimed at preventing individuals deemed high-risk from possessing or purchasing firearms.

Requires the Department of Health to provide an annual report on the number of firearm injuries and deaths per year, by county, gender, and race to the governor.

As introduced, creates the Tennessee violence intervention program within the department's office of criminal justice programs to invest in evidence-based violence reduction initiatives.

The bill allows individuals to voluntarily give up their firearm rights by filing a waiver with the circuit court clerk in their county of residence or with their healthcare provider. It also outlines specific procedures that the clerk, healthcare provider, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), and Department of Health must follow upon receiving such a waiver.

As introduced, creates a Class E felony that is committed when a person provides to a gun dealer or private seller of firearms what the person knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of a transfer of a firearm; creates a Class E felony that is committed when a person knowingly obtains a firearm for the purposes of transferring the firearm to another who is prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm by state or federal law.

As introduced, prohibits the possession of an assault weapon; makes it a Class E felony to illegally possess an assault weapon; directs those in possession of an assault weapon before July 1, 2024, to apply for a certificate of possession; requires the department of safety to create a certificate of possession.

As introduced, imposes an additional 15-percent tax on the retail sale of firearms; requires revenue from the firearms tax to be deposited into the K-12 mental health counselor fund to be administered by the department of education and used exclusively to provide school counselors in elementary and secondary public schools and public charter schools in this state and for mental health assessments and services for students pursuant to a school counselor's referral.

As introduced, creates an offense for a person to possess or manufacture an ammunition feeding device that has capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, unless certain circumstances apply.

As introduced, prohibits the sale of firearms to persons under 21 years of age; classifies the sale or attempted sale of a firearm to a person under 21 years of age as a Class A misdemeanor.

As introduced, requires a gun dealer to ensure that 14 days have passed since the transaction was initiated by the purchaser before transferring a firearm to a purchaser.

As introduced, creates the offense of storing a firearm when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor without parental consent or a person who is ineligible to possess a firearm is likely to gain access to the firearm; provides an exception to the offense if the person secures the firearm or carries the firearm on the person’s self; designates the offense as a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by fine only, or a Class E felony if a person is injured or killed as a result of the offense.

As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms Act," which creates a process for a person to file a voluntary waiver of firearm rights for the purpose of prohibiting the person from purchasing or possessing a firearm; provides for a revocation of the voluntary waiver of firearm rights; creates the offense of selling or transferring a firearm to a person who has executed a voluntary waiver of firearm rights form that has not been revoked.