Tennessee House Bill 158 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: Passed on May 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-24 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 438
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, prohibits a local education agency, public charter school, public institution of higher education, the state board of education, and the department of education from requiring an educator, employee of an LEA or charter school, faculty member, or employee of a public institution of higher education to complete or participate in implicit bias training; defines "implicit bias training"; prohibits adverse licensure and employment actions from being taken against such an individual for the individual's failure or refusal to participate in implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to implicit bias training.

Rep. Jason Zachary [R]	Rep. Gino Bulso [R]	Rep. Susan Lynn [R]	Rep. Jeff Burkhart [R]
Rep. Mark Cochran [R]	Rep. John Ragan [R]	Rep. Scott Cepicky [R]	Rep. Monty Fritts [R]
Rep. Elaine Davis [R]	Rep. Chris Todd [R]	Rep. Dennis Powers [R]	Rep. Kip Capley [R]
Rep. Jake McCalmon [R]	Rep. Bryan Richey [R]	Rep. Tim Hicks [R]	Rep. Clay Doggett [R]
Rep. Justin Lafferty [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-24		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 438
2023-04-21	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-04-21	House	Comp. SB subst.
2023-04-18	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2023
2023-04-18	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2023
2023-04-18	House	Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-04-18	House	Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/18/2023
2023-04-18	House	Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2023-04-12	House	Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023
2023-04-12	House	Placed behind the budget
2023-04-05	House	Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2023
2023-04-05	House	Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
2023-04-05	House	Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2023-03-30	House	Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/5/2023
2023-03-29	House	No Action Taken
2023-03-22	House	Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/29/2023
2023-03-21	House	Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration
2023-03-15	House	Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/21/2023
2023-03-14	House	Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/21/2023
2023-03-14	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-08	House	Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
2023-01-24	House	Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
2023-01-20	House	P2C, ref. to Education Administration
2023-01-12	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-11	House	Filed for introduction

SB0102 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-24 - Effective date(s) 05/17/2023

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0158&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0158.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0438.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB0102.pdf