Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB2514
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 55 and Title 65, relative to weapons.
Subject: Firearms and Ammunition
Description: As introduced, deletes the offense of carrying a firearm or a club with the intent to go armed, prohibits the carrying of a firearm or weapon inside of a K-12 public or private school and on a school bus if the person's intent is to go armed and the school and the bus are posted in a certain manner; deletes the offense of carrying a firearm on the property of a university, college campus, and other public or private non-K-12 educational institutions or property; rewrites the offense of possessing a handgun while under the influence of alcohol or any controlled substance or controlled substance analogue; rewrites the offense of carrying weapons during judicial proceedings; makes various other changes related to firearms. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 55 and Title 65.
Session: 114th General Assembly
Last Action: Intro., P1C.
Last Action Date: February 4, 2026
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Monty Fritts (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 99)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 4, 2026 | Intro., P1C. |
| House | Feb 3, 2026 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Feb 3, 2026 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
