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Tennessee HB1270

EDUCATIONPASSED

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49, relative to freedom of speech.

As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or contractor of the public school or LEA to provide the individual's preferred pronouns; makes related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49.

Legislative Session

active

114th General Assembly

Selected quotes

A student, teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA is not: (1) Required to use the: (A) Preferred name of a student, teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA, if the individual's preferred name is not the individual's legal name or a derivative thereof; or (B) Preferred pronoun of a student, teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA, if the individual's preferred pronoun is not consistent with the individual's sex;

Links

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Calendar

datetimetypelocationdescription
2025-04-0910:30HearingHouse Hearing Room IIIHouse Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee Hearing
2025-04-0112:00HearingHouse Hearing Room IHouse Education Committee Hearing
2025-03-2512:00HearingHouse Hearing Room IHouse Education Committee Hearing
2025-03-1810:30HearingHouse Hearing Room IIHouse Departments & Agencies Subcommittee Hearing

History

DateAction
2025-05-15Comp. became Pub. Ch. 453
2025-04-16Comp. SB subst.
2025-04-16Sponsor(s) Added.
2025-04-15H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025
2025-04-14Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
2025-04-14Sponsor(s) Added.
2025-04-14Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025
2025-04-09Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2025-04-09Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2025
2025-04-02Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2025-04-02Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
2025-04-02Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025
2025-03-27Sponsor(s) Added.
2025-03-26Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025
2025-03-25Action def. in Education Committee to 4/1/2025
2025-03-19Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025
2025-03-18Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee
2025-03-17Sponsor(s) Added.
2025-03-12Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/18/2025
2025-02-12P2C, ref. to Education Committee
2025-02-12Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee
2025-02-10Intro., P1C.
2025-02-06Filed for introduction