Text of TN HB 33 (2017)
As introduced, requires that the words "husband," "wife," "mother," and "father" be given their natural and ordinary meaning, without forced or subtle construction that would limit or extend the meaning of the language and that are based on the biological distinctions between men and women, except…
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SENATE BILL 30
By Bowling
HOUSE BILL 33
By Ragan
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1,
Chapter 3, relative to construction of statutes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 1-3-105, is amended by
redesignating the current section as subsection (a) and adding the following new subsection (b):
(b) As used in this code, the words "husband", "wife", "mother", and "father" shall
be given their natural and ordinary meaning, without forced or subtle construction that
would limit or extend the meaning of the language and that are based on the biological
distinctions between men and women, except when a contrary intention is clearly
manifest.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring
it.