QUESTION
Does Senate Bill 76/House Bill 388 of the 108th Tennessee General Assembly asoriginally filed (hereinafter “SB76”) or as proposed to be amended (hereinafter “SB76 Amendment”) violate the United States Constitution?
OPINION
The General Assembly has the constitutional authority to exempt handgun carry permit information from the requirements of the Public Records Act. To the extent that SB76 and SB76
Amendment would impose broad limits on the distribution or publication of handgun carry permit information that has been opened to public access, such legislation is likely susceptible to facial challenge under the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.