Tennessee House Bill HB0852

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/4/25
• Refer: 3/18/26

Caption

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 70, relative to weapons.

Summary

HB0852 amends Tennessee’s weapons laws by changing a single time period in Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-17-1354(a). The bill increases the deadline from 30 days to 60 days. Based on the caption and the cited code section, the measure is part of the state’s firearms/weapons regulatory framework, though the bill text provided does not include the surrounding statutory context for the specific filing or notice requirement being extended. The bill takes effect July 1, 2025. Its practical effect is to give affected individuals, agencies, or other regulated parties twice as long to comply with the deadline in the referenced weapons statute. Because the bill amends only one subsection and does not create a new program or penalty in the text provided, its legal impact appears narrow and targeted to the timing requirement in that section of law.

Impact

HB0852 makes a limited amendment to Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-17-1354(a) by extending a statutory deadline from 30 days to 60 days. This changes the compliance period under the weapons statute and may affect any person or entity subject to the filing, notice, or other time-sensitive requirement contained in that section. The bill does not otherwise alter the broader structure of Tennessee’s weapons laws in the text provided.

Sentiment

No committee transcripts or recorded votes were provided, so there is no direct evidence of debate, support, or opposition in the materials supplied. The bill’s narrow scope suggests it may be a technical or timing-related adjustment rather than a major policy overhaul, but the available record does not show whether lawmakers viewed it as routine or controversial.

Contention

The only identifiable point of potential contention is the policy choice to lengthen the deadline from 30 days to 60 days in a weapons-related statute. Supporters might view the change as giving more time for compliance, while opponents could see it as delaying required action under firearms regulations. However, because no discussion transcripts or votes are included, the specific arguments or stakeholders on either side are not known from the provided materials.