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HB0514 • 2026

Firearms and Ammunition

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to firearms.

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Sponsor
Gillespie, Walley
Last action
2025-04-09
Official status
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide information on the consequences of the study or penalties for non-compliance, leaving this open-ended.

Firearm Impact Study

This bill requires TACIR to study how Tennessee's firearm laws affect each county in terms of gun sales, criminal offenses, and self-defense uses.

What This Bill Does

  • TACIR must do a study on the effects of Tennessee’s firearm laws.
  • The study will look at each county for firearm sales, criminal offenses involving guns, and how firearms are used for self-defense.
  • State departments and agencies must help TACIR with the study.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR)
  • All state departments and agencies
  • Each county in Tennessee

Terms To Know

Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR)
A group that studies how different levels of government work together.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what will happen after the study is completed.
  • It's unclear if there are specific penalties for non-compliance with this law.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB0514

Plain English: The amendment changes the date from January 1, 2026 to July 1, 2026 in a specific section of the bill.

  • Changes the effective date from January 1, 2026 to July 1, 2026.
  • The amendment text does not provide details about what the original 'January 1, 2026' date was for or how it affects other parts of the bill.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Withdrawn.

  2. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  3. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

  4. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025

  5. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to TACIR Calendar

  6. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  7. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  8. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  9. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/5/2025

  10. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee

  11. 2025-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/26/2025

  12. 2025-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Meeting Canceled

  13. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/19/2025

  14. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  15. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Judiciary Committee

  16. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  17. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  18. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  19. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  20. 2025-01-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  21. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 379
By Walley

HOUSE BILL 514
By Gillespie

HB0514
000149
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37;
Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to firearms.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1.
(a) The Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR)
is directed to conduct a study of how this state's firearm laws impact the following in
regard to each county:
(1) Firearm sales;
(2) Criminal offenses; and
(3) Use of firearms for self-defense.
(b) The study must identify any similarities or dissimilarities between the impacts
identified in subsection (a).
(c) All appropriate state departments and agencies shall provide assistance to
TACIR in connection with the study required by subsection (a).
(d) By no later than January 1, 2026, TACIR shall report its findings to each
member of the general assembly and shall provide a copy of the report to the legislative
librarian. The report may be delivered electronically.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.