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HB1231 • 2026

Firearms and Ammunition

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearm regulations.

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Sponsor
Miller, Akbari
Last action
2025-04-02
Official status
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about what storage rules can be made or how it will affect smaller towns.

Firearm Storage Regulations for Large Cities

This bill allows certain large cities in specific counties to make rules about how firearms and related items are stored.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes Tennessee law to let the largest city in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, or Hamilton county set storage rules for firearms, ammunition, and accessories through local laws or policies.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The largest cities in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, and Hamilton counties
  • People who live in those large cities and own firearms

Terms To Know

Firearm Accessories
Items that go with guns to make them work better or look different.
Municipality
A city, town, or other local government area.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what specific storage rules cities can create.
  • It is unclear how this will affect smaller towns in the same counties as large cities.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

  2. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025

  4. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025

  5. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025

  6. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025

  7. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  9. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  10. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Reset on Final cal. #2 of Civil Justice Subcommittee

  11. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  12. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  13. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee

  14. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

  15. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  16. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  17. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  18. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  19. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1176
By Akbari

HOUSE BILL 1231
By Miller

HB1231
000630
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39,
Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearm regulations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1314(b), is amended by
adding the following new subdivision:
(5) If the city, town, municipality, or metropolitan government has a population of
at least one hundred eighty-one thousand (181,000) and is located in a county having a
population of not less than three hundred sixty-six thousand two hundred (366,200),
according to the 2020 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the manner of
storage of firearms, firearm ammunition, and firearm accessories.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.