Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB1360
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 42 and Title 39, relative to weapons.
Subject: Remedies and Special Proceedings
Description: As introduced, removes the ability to bring a civil liability action for negligence per se against a seller of a qualified product; expands "qualified products" to include knives, body armor, pepper spray, silencers, and other certain products; requires physical injury for a negligent entrustment action rather than an unreasonable risk of physical injury; specifies that a person who will be subject to an ordinance in the future or reasonably intends to be physically present in the political subdivision is an adversely affected party for purposes of filing certain actions; makes various other changes regarding civil actions against arms dealers, manufacturers, and sellers and the preemption of local regulation of firearms. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 42 and Title 39.
Session: 114th General Assembly
Last Action: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025
Last Action Date: April 2, 2025
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Joseph Hensley (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 2, 2025 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025 |
| Senate | Apr 2, 2025 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025 |
| Senate | Apr 1, 2025 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025 |
| Senate | Apr 1, 2025 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025 |
| Senate | Mar 31, 2025 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025 |
| Senate | Mar 31, 2025 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025 |
| Senate | Mar 26, 2025 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025 |
| Senate | Mar 24, 2025 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025 |
| Senate | Mar 19, 2025 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025 |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2025 | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2025 | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2025 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Feb 6, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
