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HB0883 • 2026

Handgun Permits

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearms.

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Sponsor
Todd, Bailey
Last action
2025-09-11
Official status
Sponsor(s) Added.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Handgun Permits in Tennessee

This bill changes the time limit for people whose handgun carry permits have been suspended or revoked to ask a court to review the decision from 30 days to 45 days.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law so that people can now wait up to 45 days instead of only 30 days to ask a judge to look at their permit case again if it was suspended or revoked.
  • Updates Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Section 39-17-1354(a) by changing the number from 'thirty (30)' to 'forty-five (45)',
  • Makes this new rule start on July 1, 2025.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who have had their handgun carry permits suspended or revoked.
  • Courts that handle these permit cases.

Terms To Know

Handgun Carry Permit
A document given by the state allowing someone to legally carry a concealed handgun.
Chancery Court
A type of court that deals with special cases like disputes over contracts or property rights.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the consequences if someone misses the new 45-day deadline.
  • It is unclear how many people will be affected by this change in the law.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  2. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

  3. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

  4. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025

  5. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025

  6. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025

  7. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025

  8. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  9. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  10. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  11. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Judiciary Committee

  12. 2025-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  13. 2025-02-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  14. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  15. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  16. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  17. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  18. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  19. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 914
By Bailey

HOUSE BILL 883
By Todd

HB0883
003080
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39,
relative to firearms.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1354(a), is amended by
deleting "thirty (30)" and substituting "forty-five (45)".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.