Tennessee Advances Bill Blocking Landlords from Disarming Tenants

AmmoLand ^ | March 25, 2026 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

On March 16, 2026, the Tennessee Legislature transmitted Bill SB0350 to Governor Bill Lee. Governor Bill Lee is expected to sign the legislation.  Governor Lee signed a Constitutional Carry Bill in 2021. Bill SB0350 guarantees renters’ rights to keep and bear arms will not be subject to cancellation by rental contracts. The bill does not apply to state and federal government leases or rentals of property. The bill applies to both residential and commercial renters. While Governor Lee is expected to sign SB0350, if he does not veto the bill by the 28th of March, the bill will become law without his signature.

The Tennessee Senate passed the bill on February 27, 2026, by a vote of 27 to 5. The Tennessee House followed with a 72 – 22 vote on March 9, with an amendment.  The Senate concurred with the amendment on March 12, 32 -0. Governor Lee is term-limited in Tennessee. His term will expire when a new governor takes office in January of 2027.  From the bill:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 7, is amended by adding the following as a new section: 66-7-113. 

(a) On and after July 1, 2025, a landlord shall not prohibit a tenant or a tenant’s guest from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or firearm ammunition in the tenant’s home, apartment, or business; in a vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants’ guests by the landlord of the leased premises; or in other locations controlled by the landlord as necessary to enter or exit the tenant’s home, apartment, or business, to enter or exit the leased premises, or to enter or exit a vehicle located on the leased premises or in a parking area

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KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; disarmed; tenants; tennessee; tn

[marktwain]

The revolution in Tort law by socialist lawyers in the late 1950s to today, has made everyone insanely risk averse. This bill removes the threat of civil lawsuit against landlords because they did not ban firearms from their rental properties.

[doorgunner69]

That this is happening in Tennessee is incredible.
NJ or MA, maybe........

[21twelve]

I was surprised to learn that until recently (probably the constitutional carry bill of 2021), one couldn’t conceal carry, even with a permit, in a city, county or state park or green space in TN!

[Racketeer]

“.... shall NOT BE INFRINGED.” To hell with any entity that says otherwise.