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                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 356

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 1332

                      By Representatives Lamberth, Cochran, Davis, Grills, Todd

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1318

                               By Senators Johnson, Bailey, Bowling, Stevens

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal
justice.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1351(c)(11), is amended by
deleting the language and substituting:

          (11)

                    (A) That the applicant has not been convicted of the offense of driving under the
          influence of an intoxicant in this or any other state two (2) or more times within ten (10)
          years from the date of the application or renewal; and

                    (B) None of the convictions described in subdivision (11 )(A) occurred within five
          (5) years from the date of application or renewal;

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1351(b), is amended by
deleting the language and substituting:

                    (b) Except as provided in subsection (r), any resident of Tennessee who is a
          United States citizen or permanent lawful resident, as defined by § 55-50-102, who has
          reached eighteen (18) years of age, may apply to the department of safety for a
          handgun carry permit. If the applicant is not prohibited from purchasing or possessing a
          firearm in this state pursuant to§ 39-17-1316 or§ 39-17-1307(b), 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), or
          any other state or federal law, and the applicant otherwise meets all of the requirements
          of this section, the department shall issue a permit to the applicant.

           SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1351(x)(1), is amended by
deleting the language "twenty-one (21) years of age" and substituting "eighteen (18) years of
age".

           SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 1332

PASSED:  April 15, 2025

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                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR