HB0413 - Tennessee - Criminal Offenses, Firearms And Ammunition

Companion Bill SB0715. Firearms and Ammunition - Rewrites offense of possessing deadly weapon during course of offense to limit to firearms and explosive weapons and to certain enumerated offenses and removes requirement that person intends to employ it. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307. Fiscal Summary for *HB0413 / SB0715Increase State Expenditures - $13,200 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0413 / SB0715 Under present law, it is a Class E felony for any person to possess any deadly weapon with intent to employ it in the commission of or escape from a criminal offense. This bill changes present law by classifying as a Class E felony the possession of a firearm or explosive weapon, instead of any deadly weapon, in the commission of or escape from one of the following criminal offenses, instead of any criminal offense: [...]

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