Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1079: Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - 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.

Introduced Last action February 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Plain-language summary

HB 1079 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - 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. Primary sponsor: Doc Kumar (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 10, 2025): P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Doc Kumar (Republican).