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.
114th General Assembly
The general assembly finds that local governments are at their most effective when the employees of the local government are the most highly qualified candidates for employment with the local government and that hiring decisions should be based on merit rather than any other metric. (b) A county government shall not: [...] Decide to hire a particular candidate in order to achieve any goals to increase diversity, equity, or inclusion in the workplace.
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-26 | 15:00 | Hearing | Cordell Hull Building | Senate Education Hearing |
| 2025-03-19 | 15:00 | Hearing | Cordell Hull Building | Senate Education Hearing |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-15 | Pub. Ch. 453 |
| 2025-05-15 | Effective date(s) 05/09/2025 |
| 2025-05-09 | Signed by Governor. |
| 2025-05-01 | Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| 2025-04-30 | Signed by H. Speaker |
| 2025-04-29 | Signed by Senate Speaker |
| 2025-04-23 | Enrolled and ready for signatures |
| 2025-04-21 | Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 6 (Amendment 1 - HA0259) |
| 2025-04-21 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2025-04-17 | Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2025 |
| 2025-04-16 | Subst. for comp. HB. |
| 2025-04-16 | H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0259) |
| 2025-04-16 | Passed H., as am., Ayes 77, Nays 18, PNV 0 |
| 2025-04-07 | Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
| 2025-04-03 | Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0275) |
| 2025-04-03 | Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5 |
| 2025-04-03 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2025-04-03 | Engrossed; ready for transmission to House |
| 2025-04-01 | Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025 |
| 2025-03-26 | Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 |
| 2025-03-19 | Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025 |
| 2025-03-19 | Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025 |
| 2025-03-12 | Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025 |
| 2025-02-12 | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee |
| 2025-02-10 | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration |
| 2025-02-05 | Filed for introduction |