Tennessee HB 2575: Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, authorizes civil action against person selling or transferring firearm if firearm sold or transferred without a background check and firearm used in crime resulting in injury to person or property or wrongful death. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Bill Text

HB2575 
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SENATE BILL 2430  
By Kyle 
 
HOUSE BILL 2575  
By  Stewart 
 
 
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 
and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to 
injuries resulting from firearms. 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
 SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 34, Part 2, is amended by 
adding the following as a new section: 
 A person is liable for injury to the person or property of another or for wrongful 
death resulting from the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime if it can be shown 
by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant sold or transferred the firearm to 
the person who committed the crime resulting in the injury or wrongful death without 
obtaining verification from a licensed dealer in firearms that information on the 
prospective purchaser or transferee has been submitted for a criminal history record 
check as set out in § 39-17-1316 and that a determination has been received from the 
Tennessee bureau of investigation that the prospective purchaser or transferee is not 
prohibited under state or federal law from possessing a firearm. 
 SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2018, the public welfare requiring it, and 
shall apply to firearms sold or transferred on or after that date.