Handgun Permits - As introduced, extends the fee waiver for a lifetime enhanced handgun carry permit to include a retired law enforcement officer who served for less than 10 years prior to retirement, was POST-certified, or had equivalent training, on the date the officer retired, and retired from service due to an injury received in the line of duty as a law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.

HB 1508 amends Tennessee law to expand eligibility for a lifetime enhanced handgun carry permit fee waiver. It specifically adds retired law enforcement officers who served less than 10 years (but were POST-certified or had equivalent training at retirement) and retired due to a line-of-duty injury to the existing fee waiver program. The bill changes the qualifying criteria in Tennessee Code Annotated §39-17-1351 to include this new category of retired officers. This policy change directly affects qualifying retired law enforcement officers by allowing them to maintain their permit without paying annual fees.