THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TN HB1271 (2026)
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.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Session
- 114th General Assembly
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Pub. Ch. 938
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
End Legal RecognitionBroad Discrimination: Local Ordinances
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 11, 2026) 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 Judiciary Committee | |
| House | Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee | |
| House | Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025 | |
| House | Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee | |
| House | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/26/2025 | |
| House | Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/02/2025 | |
| House | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025 | |
| House | Action def. in Judiciary Committee to Second Calendar of 2026 | |
| House | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 1/21/2026 | |
| House | Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee | |
| House | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026 | |
| House | Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026 | |
| House | Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026 | |
| House | Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee | |
| House | Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026 | |
| House | H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026 | |
| House | H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0763) | |
| House | Failed to adopt am. (Amendment 2 - HA0889), Ayes 20, Nays 68, PNV 0 | |
| House | Failed to adopt am. (Amendment 3 - HA0890), Ayes 23, Nays 66, PNV 0 | |
| House | Failed to adopt am (Amendment 4 - HA0894), Ayes 14, Nays 71, PNV 0 | |
| House | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| House | Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 16, PNV 0 | |
| House | Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. | |
| Senate | Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | |
| Senate | Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. | |
| Senate | Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0147) | |
| Senate | Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 6 | |
| House | Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. | |
| House | Signed by H. Speaker | |
| Senate | Signed by Senate Speaker | |
| House | Transmitted to Governor for his action. | |
| Signed by Governor. | ||
| Pub. Ch. 938 | ||
| Effective date(s) 05/07/2026 |
Legislative status and legal enforcement are different. See the policy areas and the court sources they cite for enforcement.
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. Used here in modified form.