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TN SB468 (2025)
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 68, relative to public safety.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Session
- 114th General Assembly
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Pub. Ch. 1052
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
End Legal RecognitionPrison Placement BanTrans Bathroom Ban: K12Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Facilities
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 29, 2025) at capitol.tn.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Draft text (Jan 29, 2025) at capitol.tn.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Draft text (Mar 13, 2025) at capitol.tn.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Chaptered text (May 26, 2026) at publications.tnsosfiles.com(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Filed for introduction | |
| Senate | Introduced, Passed on First Consideration | |
| Senate | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee | |
| Senate | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025 | |
| Senate | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025 | |
| Senate | Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 | |
| Senate | Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025 | |
| Senate | Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0143) | |
| Senate | Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 4 | |
| Senate | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| Senate | Engrossed; ready for transmission to House | |
| House | Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. | |
| House | Subst. for comp. HB. | |
| House | H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0370) | |
| House | Am. tabled. (Amendment 2 - HA0416) | |
| House | Am. tabled. (Amendment 3 - HA0417) | |
| House | Am. tabled. (Amendment 4 - HA0418) | |
| House | Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 22, PNV 0 | |
| Senate | Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2025 | |
| Senate | Senate Reset on calendar for 4/21/2025 | |
| Senate | Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2025 | |
| Senate | Re-refer to Senate Judiciary Committee | |
| Senate | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| Senate | Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2026 | |
| Senate | Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 | |
| Senate | Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/12/2026 | |
| Senate | Senate refused to concur in amendment | |
| Senate | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| House | H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3/19/2026 | |
| House | H. refused to recede from HA 1 | |
| Senate | Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/26/2026 | |
| Senate | Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence. | |
| Senate | Conference Committee appointed. (Stevens, Bowling, Gardenhire, Lamar, Kyle) | |
| House | H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/2/2026 | |
| House | Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Bulso, Barrett, Reneau and Reedy) | |
| Senate | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| Senate | Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 25, Nays 5 | |
| House | H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/22/2026 | |
| House | Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 71, Nays 18, PNV 0 | |
| Senate | Enrolled and ready for signatures | |
| Senate | Signed by Senate Speaker | |
| House | Signed by H. Speaker | |
| Senate | Transmitted to Governor for action. | |
| Senate | Signed by Governor. | |
| Pub. Ch. 1052 | ||
| Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
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