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Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TN HB1270 (2025)
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49, relative to freedom of speech.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Session
- 114th General Assembly
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Comp. became Pub. Ch. 453
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Pronoun BanForced Outing By Schools
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 (Feb 6, 2025) at capitol.tn.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Chaptered text (May 14, 2025) 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 Committee | |
| House | Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee | |
| House | Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/18/2025 | |
| House | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| House | Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee | |
| House | Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025 | |
| House | Action def. in Education Committee to 4/1/2025 | |
| House | Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025 | |
| House | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| House | Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee | |
| House | Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee | |
| House | Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025 | |
| House | Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee | |
| House | Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2025 | |
| House | Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee | |
| House | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| House | Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025 | |
| House | H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025 | |
| House | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| House | Comp. SB subst. | |
| Comp. became Pub. Ch. 453 |
Legislative status and legal enforcement are different. See the policy areas and the court sources they cite for enforcement.
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