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.

SB 512 prohibits the sale, offering for sale, or free sampling of counterfeit or unsafe lighters in Tennessee. It directly affects retailers and distributors of lighters by banning products that infringe on intellectual property rights or fail to meet ASTM safety standards for cigarette/cigar lighters (F400-20) or grill/fireplace lighters (F2201-20). The law includes exceptions for lighters passing through the state during interstate transport or stored in warehouses not open to the public. Violations are treated as unfair trade practices under existing consumer protection law, and the bill takes effect July 1, 2025.