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Fiscal Summary STATE GOVERNMENTEXPENDITURESGeneral FundFY25-26$50,000 Bill Summary This bill enacts the "Tennessee Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms Act," as described below. This bill authorizes a person to file a voluntary waiver of firearm rights form, either in person or electronically, with the circuit court clerk in the county of the person's residence, which has the effect of prohibiting the person executing the form from possessing or receiving a firearm while the waiver is in effect. The clerk must request a physical or scanned copy of valid government-issued photo identification to verify the person's identity prior to accepting the form. By the end of the business day on which the form was received, the clerk must transmit the accepted form to the Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI). The TBI must provide the department of safety with a copy of the enrollment form within 48 hours of receiving a form. If the person has an enhanced or concealed handgun carry permit, then the department of safety must suspend the person's permit. This bill requires the TBI to enter the voluntary waiver of firearm rights form into the national instant criminal background check system and other federal or state computer-based systems used by law enforcement agencies to identify prohibited purchasers of firearms within 24 hours of receipt of the form. FORM This bill requires the TBI to develop a voluntary waiver of firearm rights form and a revocation of voluntary waiver of firearm rights form. This bill provides that the voluntary waiver of firearm rights form must (i) contain a signature line for the applicant and state that the form is signed under penalty of perjury, (ii) include all information necessary for identification and entry of the person into the national instant criminal background check system NICS indices to identi
