TN HB1269 | 2023-2024 | 113th General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)
Status: Passed on May 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-24 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 448
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)
Status: Passed on May 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-24 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 448
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
As enacted, specifies that a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA is not required to refer to a student using the student's preferred pronoun if the pronoun is not consistent with the student's biological sex; insulates a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA from civil liability and adverse employment action for referring to a student using the pronoun that is consistent with the student's biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to student pronouns.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-24 | Comp. became Pub. Ch. 448 | |
| 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 |
| 2023-03-15 | House | Placed behind the budget |
| 2023-03-09 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2023-03-08 | House | Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2023 |
| 2023-03-08 | House | Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee |
| 2023-03-01 | House | Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| 2023-02-22 | House | Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/1/2023 |
| 2023-02-21 | House | Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration |
| 2023-02-15 | House | Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/21/2023 |
| 2023-02-07 | House | Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee |
| 2023-02-02 | House | P2C, ref. to Education Administration |
| 2023-02-01 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2023-01-31 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB0466 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-24 - Effective date(s) 05/17/2023
