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TN HB727 (2023)
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68, relative to consent in educational events.
Anti-LGBTQ+
Summary
As enacted, requires a student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student has reached the age of majority, to provide certain consent before the student may engage…
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Session
- 113th General Assembly
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Comp. became Pub. Ch. 353
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Don't Say Gay: K12Don't Say Trans: K12Forced Outing By SchoolsOpt-In LGBTQ Education
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Draft text (Jan 27, 2023) at capitol.tn.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Draft text (Feb 1, 2023) at capitol.tn.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Draft text (Apr 4, 2023) at capitol.tn.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Chaptered text (May 9, 2023) at publications.tnsosfiles.com(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Filed for introduction | |
| House | Intro., P1C. | |
| House | P2C, ref. to Education Administration | |
| House | Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | |
| House | Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/21/2023 | |
| House | Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/28/2023 | |
| House | Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration | |
| House | Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/5/2023 | |
| House | Sponsor change. | |
| House | Action def. in Education Administration to 4/12/2023 | |
| House | Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/12/2023 | |
| House | Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee | |
| House | Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2023 | |
| House | H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023 | |
| House | Comp. SB subst. | |
| House | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| Comp. became Pub. Ch. 353 |
Legislative status and legal enforcement are different. See the policy areas and the court sources they cite for enforcement.
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