{"bill":{"bill_key":"TN-SB1499-2019","title":"As introduced, expands the attorney general and reporter's duties to include representation of an LEA or certain LEA employees in a court or administrative tribunal arising out of the adoption of a policy requiring students, faculty, and staff to utilize the restroom, locker room, or other facility that corresponds to that individual's biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.","side":"anti","state":"TN","year":2019,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Provisions for legal defense relating to local educational agencies' policies of bathroom and locker room segregation by \"biological sex\"","notes":"Same as HB 1274","types_str":"Trans Bathroom Ban: K12","sponsor_mix":"R","final_margin_pct":62.5,"url":"https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/SB1499/2019","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S.B. 1499, 111th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Tenn. 2019), https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1499&ga=111.","short":"Tenn. S.B. 1499."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Joseph Hensley","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-028","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-7202"},{"name":"Paul Rose","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-032","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-21328"},{"name":"Dolores Gresham","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-026","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-7278"}],"citations":["TN:29-20-113","TN:8-6-109"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":2468,"pdf_href":"/bills/TN-SB1499-2019/pdf/0/intro"}]}}