Text of TN HB 1634 (2024)
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to kindergarten through grade twelve education.
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HOUSE BILL 1634
By Ragan
HB1634
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to
kindergarten through grade twelve education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-5-1003(b)(10), is amended by
deleting "family, social, or cultural background; or sexual orientation" and substituting "family
background; or the student's membership in a protected class under federal or state law".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1301, is amended by deleting
subdivision (8).
SECTION 3. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance
is held invalid, then the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act that
can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end, the provisions of
this act are severable.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 780
SENA TE BILL NO. 2766
By Bowling, Hensley, Stevens
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1634
By Bulso
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative
to kindergarten through grade twelve education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-5-1003(b)(10), is amended by deleting
"on the basis of race; color; creed; disability; sex; national origin; marital status; political or religious
beliefs; family, social, or cultural background; or sexual orientation" and substituting instead "on any
basis".
SECTION 2. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is
held invalid, then the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act that can be
given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end, the provisions of this act are
severable.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
PASSED:
SENATE BILL NO.
2766
April 10, 2024
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SPEAKER OF THE -SENATE
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CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this ~3rA
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2024
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BILL LEE, GOVETmOR