Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation SB1407
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to the use of force.
Subject: Firearms and Ammunition
Description: As introduced, lowers the standard for the use of deadly force to protect property; specifies that deadly force does not include the display of a weapon, the brandishing of a weapon, or the use of force in circumstances that do not result in death or serious bodily injury. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Session: 114th General Assembly
Last Action: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: April 8, 2025
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Joseph Hensley (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 8, 2025 | Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Apr 2, 2025 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2025 |
| Senate | Apr 2, 2025 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/8/2025 |
| Senate | Apr 1, 2025 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2025 |
| Senate | Apr 1, 2025 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2025 |
| Senate | Mar 31, 2025 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2025 |
| Senate | Mar 31, 2025 | Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2025 |
| Senate | Mar 26, 2025 | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/31/2025 |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2025 | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2025 | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2025 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Feb 6, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| SA0399 | Amendment 1-0 to SB1407 | Apr 9, 2025 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee | 04/8/2025 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
