Mental Health / Firearm Purchases – Creates greater cooperation between the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and local authorities in order to prevent those with mental health issues from purchasing firearms. • Requires the TBI to notify local law enforcement within 24 hours when they properly identify that an individual identified as having a mental disorder in the NICS ‘Mental Defectives’ Database has attempted to purchase a firearm. • The bill also adds new identifying information to the reporting requirements of sheriffs, court clerks, and hospitals to ensure individuals who are adjudicated mentally defective are readily identified.

Senate Bill 834 / by Haile, Dickerson, Norris, Harris, Crowe, Jackson, Massey, Niceley, Stevens, Yarbro / Status: Public Chapter 799 / Effective Date: July 1, 2018