AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, relative to the department of children's services.

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As enacted, generally prohibits the department from requesting information regarding the number or type of firearms or ammunition or identifying information about such firearms or ammunition that a foster parent or prospective foster parent owns or possesses, or requesting a foster parent or prospective foster parent to display or provide access to a firearm or ammunition owned or possessed by the parent. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Source: OpenStates · fetched May 4, 2026

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R · PrimePaul Bailey
R · CoJanince Bowling
R · CoRusty Crowe
R · CoTodd Gardenhire
R · CoTom Hatcher
R · CoAdam Lowe
R · CoSteve Southerland

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