The 2023-2024 Tennessee Legislative session ended on April 25, 2024.  As has been the case since at least 2010, the Tennessee Legislature is totally controlled by a Republican super majority in both the House and the Senate.  Thus, it is the choice of the Republican super majority (and its leadership) regarding which bills are enacted and which are not.

In 2024, at least one bill was pending that would have enacted REAL constitutional carry in Tennessee.  The bill was House Bill 2082 by Rep. Monty Fritts and the companion Senate Bill 2502 by Sen. Joey Hensley. 

The bill would have stripped the "intent to go armed" clause out of Tennessee law.  (TCA 39-17-1307(a))  That clause makes it a crime for anyone to possess any firearm at any time at any place (including your home and on your own property) if the possession is with the "intent" to be armed.  That is, carrying a firearm in your own home or on your own property is and remains a crime in Tennessee for  which a law enforcement officer could stop, detain, question or even charge an individual.  Certainly, that individual might have a valid defense to such a charge but the burden is by law on the individual to prove to a jury that they meet all the conditions of the defense (i.e., that they wer in their own home or on their own property or that they had a permit, etc. - see, TCA 39-17-1308). 

Tennessee's Republican super majority killed these bills yet again. Neither one made it to the floor of the House or the Senate.  The Republican controlled committees as appointed by Cameron Sexton and Randy McNally killed the bills without them ever being considered or debated on the floor of either chamber. This derailment of the legislation meant that a handful of leadership appointed legislators  killed the bills and blocked full consideration by all legislators of these constitutionally based bills.

Certainly, these bills will be reintroduced in 2025 just as similar bills have been introduced for many prior years.   For the chances at success in 2025 to improve, the composition of the House and Senate members needs to change and, it could be determined, that the composition of the leadership in the respective chambers needs to change as well.