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

HB 948: Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires a person who is convicted of domestic assault or subject to an order of protection to dispossess any firearm in the person's possession by transferring the firearm to a law enforcement agency and to provide the court with an affidavit of dispossession of firearms and a receipt from the law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 39 and Title 40.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 948 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires a person who is convicted of domestic assault or subject to an order of protection to dispossess any firearm in the person's possession by transferring the firearm to a law enforcement agency and to provide the court with an affidavit of dispossession of firearms and a receipt from the law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 39 and Title 40. Primary sponsor: Shaundelle Brooks (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2026): Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shaundelle BrooksPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse60

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
  2. Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
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  6. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
  7. Sponsor(s) Added.
  8. Reset on Final cal. #2 of Civil Justice Subcommittee
  9. Sponsor(s) Added.
  10. Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
  11. Sponsor(s) Added.
  12. Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source