TennesseeCriminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts "MaKayla's Law," which amends the offense of reckless endangerment to specifically 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. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Apr 1Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary CommitteeLatest
- Mar 26Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
- Mar 26Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
- Mar 19Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/26/2025
- Mar 19Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
- Mar 12Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
- Jan 28Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 27P2C, ref. to Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Jan 16Intro., P1C.Minor
- Jan 15Filed for introductionIntroduced