{"bill":{"bill_key":"TN-SB936-2026","title":"AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, relative to biological sex.","side":"anti","state":"TN","year":2026,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"passed","summary":"AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, relative to biological sex.","notes":"An amended bill would ban local ordinances extending protected classes from discrimination; The entire introduced bill reads \"It is the policy of this state that there are only two (2) sexes, a biological male and a biological female\"; Companion Bill to HB1271","types_str":"End Legal Recognition|Broad Discrimination: Local Ordinances","sponsor_mix":"R","final_margin_pct":87.5,"url":"https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/SB0936/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S.B. 936, 114th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Tenn. 2025), https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0936&ga=114.","short":"Tenn. S.B. 936."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Paul Rose","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-032","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-21328"},{"name":"Paul Bailey","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-015","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-16127"},{"name":"Janince Bowling","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-016","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-15131"},{"name":"Ferrell Haile","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-018","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-10589"},{"name":"Joseph Hensley","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-028","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-7202"},{"name":"Adam Lowe","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-001","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-24390"},{"name":"John Stevens","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-024","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-14460"},{"name":"Dawn White","party":"R","state":"TN","district":"SD-013","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-15467"}],"citations":[],"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":623,"pdf_href":"/bills/TN-SB936-2026/pdf/0/intro"},{"role":"final","label":"As enrolled or final","chars":8574,"pdf_href":"/bills/TN-SB936-2026/pdf/0/final"}]}}