Tennessee House Bill 1506 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-03-01 - Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, deletes the family life curriculum required for schools located in certain counties that only allows students to receive education on sexual risk avoidance through abstinence; requires each LEA and public charter school that serves any of the grades kindergarten through 12 to provide students with medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education that teaches students about abstinence, contraception, consent, and how to develop healthy relationships and communication skills. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to sex education.

Rep. Sam McKenzie [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-01	House	Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee
2021-02-25	House	P2C, ref. to Education Instruction
2021-02-24	House	Intro., P1C.
2021-02-23	House	Filed for introduction

SB0646 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-11 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1506&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1506.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/SB0646.pdf