Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits persons from selling, offering for sale, or offering a free sample of counterfeit lighters and unsafe lighters. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47. SB0512 has been assigned Pub, the official text

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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 20

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 512

                                                              By Bailey

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 343

                                              By Capley, Lamberth, Todd, Vital

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 47, relative to lighters.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:

          47-18-136.

                    (a) As used in this section:

                              (1) "Counterfeit lighter" means a lighter that infringes on an intellectual property
                    right of a citizen of the United States or a person who is protected by federal or state
                    intellectual property law;

                              (2) "Lighter" means any electrical or mechanical device that operates using any
                    type of fuel and is intended for use in igniting cigarettes, cigars, pipes, charcoal or gas
                    grills, or fireplaces; and

                              (3) "Unsafe lighter" means any of the following:

                                         (A) A disposable or refillable cigarette, cigar, or pipe lighter that does
                               not comply with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard
                               F400-20; or

                                         (B) A utility, grill, or fireplace lighter, or a lighting rod or gas match, that
                               does not comply with ASTM standard F2201-20.

                    (b) A person shall not offer for sale, sell, or offer a free sample of a counterfeit lighter
          or unsafe lighter.

                    (c) Subsection (b) does not apply to:

                               (1) The interstate transportation of counterfeit lighters or unsafe lighters that
                    pass through this state; or

                               (2) The storage of counterfeit lighters or unsafe lighters in a warehouse or
                    distribution center in this state if the warehouse or distribution center is not open to the
                     public for the purposes of retail sale or distribution.

                     (d) A violation of this section constitutes an unfair or deceptive act prohibited under §
          47-18-104, and is punishable as provided in this part.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-18-104(b), is amended by adding the
following as a new subdivision:

                     ()Violating§ 47-18-136;
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          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to

conduct occurring on or after that date.

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         SENATE BILL NO. 512

PASSED:  March 3, 2025

                                     RANDY McNA\.LY
                      SPEAKER OF THE SEN~TE

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                  CAM~SEXTON,SPEAKER
                HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

~ M APPROVED this l~tj... day of  2025

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