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SB1176 • 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
Akbari, Miller
Last action
2025-04-08
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details about what specific storage regulations will be implemented by these cities.

Firearm Storage Regulations for Large Cities

This bill allows certain large cities in specific counties to create rules about how firearms and related items should be stored.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the largest city in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, or Hamilton county with at least 181,000 people to make storage regulations for firearms, firearm ammunition, and accessories.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The largest cities in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, or Hamilton counties with a population of at least 181,000 will be able to create storage rules for firearms, firearm ammunition, and accessories.
  • People living in these large cities may have to follow new storage regulations set by their city government.

Terms To Know

firearm
A gun that uses a bullet or other projectile to fire shots.
ammunition
The bullets and other parts needed for a firearm to work, like shells or clips.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is not clear what specific storage rules the cities will make.
  • This bill only affects certain large cities in Tennessee, not all of them.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

  2. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  4. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  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 Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025

  10. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  11. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Reset on Final cal. #2 of Civil Justice Subcommittee

  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

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  14. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee

  15. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

  16. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  17. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  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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HOUSE BILL 1231
By Miller

SENATE BILL 1176
By Akbari

SB1176
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.