Tennessee House Bill 1823

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 11 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-02 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, defines "firearm hold agreement" as a private transaction between a licensed federal firearms dealer and a firearm owner under which the dealer takes possession of the owner’s firearm at the owner's request, holds the firearm for an agreed period of time, and then returns the firearm; states that a person does not have a cause of action against a licensed federal firearms dealer for any act or omission arising from a firearm hold agreement and resulting in personal injury or death of any natural person unless the action was the result of unlawful conduct by the licensed federal firearms dealer. - Amends TCA Title 39.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearm hold agreements.

Rep. Andrew Farmer [R]

Rep. Darren Jernigan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-02	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
2024-03-27	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2024
2024-03-14	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2024
2024-03-05	House	Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/19/2024
2024-02-28	House	Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2024
2024-02-06	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2024-01-24	House	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
2024-01-24	House	P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee
2024-01-22	House	Intro., P1C.
2024-01-11	House	Filed for introduction

SB1697 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-12 - Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1823&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1823.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB1697.pdf