Tennessee House Bill 1079

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-10 - P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, removes an obsolete requirement for the commissioner to conduct a study of this state's insurance laws to determine what impediments, if any, exist under the laws or policies that may be deterrents for insurance companies in this state to underwrite policies of insurance to insure a person who has used force that is justified, including deadly force, in protecting such person's self or property, and to report the results of the study to the general assembly no later than March 1, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to insurance.

Rep. Sabi Kumar [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-10	House	P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2025-02-06	House	Intro., P1C.
2025-02-05	House	Filed for introduction

SB0999 (Crossfiled) 2025-02-12 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1079&ga=114
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1079.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB0999.pdf