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.

SB 1628 amends Tennessee law to expand eligibility for a fee waiver on lifetime enhanced handgun carry permits. It adds a new category allowing retired law enforcement officers who served less than 10 years but retired due to a line-of-duty injury (and were POST-certified or had equivalent training at retirement) to qualify for the waiver. Previously, only officers with at least 10 years of service were eligible. This change directly affects retired officers with qualifying injury-related retirements who would not have met the prior service requirement. The bill modifies Tennessee Code Annotated Sections 39-17-1351 and 38.