Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB0469 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE BILL 350
3	3	By Harshbarger
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5	5	HOUSE BILL 469
6	6	By Reeves
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9	9	HB0469
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66,
14	14	relative to leases.
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16	16	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	17	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 7, is amended by adding
18	18	the following as a new section:
19	19	66-7-113.
20	20	(a) On and after July 1, 2025, a landlord shall not prohibit a tenant or a tenant's
21	21	guest from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a
22	22	firearm, or firearm ammunition in the tenant's home, apartment, or business; in a vehicle
23	23	located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the
24	24	leased premises; or in other locations controlled by the landlord as necessary to enter or
25	25	exit the tenant's home, apartment, or business, to enter or exit the leased premises, or to
26	26	enter or exit a vehicle located on the leased premises or in a parking area provided by
27	27	the landlord for tenants or tenants' guests.
28	28	(b)
29	29	(1) An existing lease that is in effect on July 1, 2025, that contains lease
30	30	terms relative to firearms that are in violation of subsection (a) may, for purposes
31	31	of other lease terms that do not violate subsection (a), remain in effect and must
32	32	be amended to comply with subsection (a) prior to July 1, 2026. However, on
33	33	and after July 1, 2025, any such lease terms relative to firearms that are in
34	34	violation of subsection (a) are void and unenforceable.
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39	39	(2) An existing lease described in subdivision (b)(1) is not in violation of
40	40	subsection (a) until July 1, 2026, as long as the lease terms relative to firearms
41	41	that are in violation of subsection (a) are not enforced and the lease is amended
42	42	to comply with subsection (a) prior to July 1, 2026.
43	43	(3) This subsection (b) does not prohibit a landlord and tenant from
44	44	voluntarily entering into a new lease agreement prior to July 1, 2026, to replace
45	45	an existing lease that contains lease terms relative to firearms that are in
46	46	violation of subsection (a).
47	47	(c) A tenant who is adversely affected by a violation of subsection (a) may bring
48	48	a suit against the landlord for actual damages, punitive damages, and recovery of
49	49	attorney fees.
50	50	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 28, Part 2, is amended by
51	51	adding the following as a new section:
52	52	66-28-206.
53	53	(a) On and after July 1, 2025, a landlord shall not prohibit a tenant or a tenant's
54	54	guest from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a
55	55	firearm, or firearm ammunition in the tenant's home, apartment, or business; in a vehicle
56	56	located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the
57	57	leased premises; or in other locations controlled by the landlord as necessary to enter or
58	58	exit the tenant's home, apartment, or business, to enter or exit the leased premises, or to
59	59	enter or exit a vehicle located on the leased premises or in a parking area provided by
60	60	the landlord for tenants or tenants' guests.
61	61	(b)
62	62	(1) An existing lease that is in effect on July 1, 2025, that contains lease
63	63	terms relative to firearms that are in violation of subsection (a) may, for purposes
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68	68	of other lease terms that do not violate subsection (a), remain in effect and must
69	69	be amended to comply with subsection (a) prior to July 1, 2026. However, on
70	70	and after July 1, 2025, any such lease terms relative to firearms that are in
71	71	violation of subsection (a) are void and unenforceable.
72	72	(2) An existing lease described in subdivision (b)(1) is not in violation of
73	73	subsection (a) until July 1, 2026, as long as the lease terms relative to firearms
74	74	that are in violation of subsection (a) are not enforced and the lease is amended
75	75	to comply with subsection (a) prior to July 1, 2026.
76	76	(3) This subsection (b) does not prohibit a landlord and tenant from
77	77	voluntarily entering into a new lease agreement prior to July 1, 2026 to replace
78	78	an existing lease that contains lease terms relative to firearms that are in
79	79	violation of subsection (a).
80	80	(c) A tenant who is adversely affected by a violation of subsection (a) may bring
81	81	a suit against the landlord for actual damages, punitive damages, and recovery of
82	82	attorney fees.
83	83	SECTION 3 Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 66-28-402(a), is amended by adding
84	84	the following new subdivision:
85	85	(7) The rule or regulation does not violate § 66-28-206.
86	86	SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.