Text of TN SB 1440 (2023)
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 8, relative to statutory definitions.
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HOUSE BILL 239
By Bulso
SENATE BILL 1440
By Roberts
SB1440
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1,
Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 8, relative
to statutory definitions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 1-3-105, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(c) As used in this code, "sex" means a person's immutable biological sex as
determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a
person's biological sex. As used in this subsection (c), "evidence of a person's biological
sex" includes, but is not limited to, a government-issued identification document that
accurately reflects a person's sex listed on the person's original birth certificate.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-802(4), is amended by deleting
the subdivision and substituting the following:
(4) "Sex" has the same meaning as defined in § 1-3-105(c).
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2023, the public welfare requiring it.
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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 486
SENATE BILL NO.1440
By Roberts, Bowling, Stevens
Substituted for: House Bill No. 239
By Bulso, Lamberth, Farmer, Capley, Grills, Barrett, Kumar, Sherrell, Burkhart, Gant, Butler,
Cochran, McCalmon, Powers, Slater, Hawk, Moody, Todd, Doggett
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 8,
relative to statutory definitions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 1-3-105, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(c) As used in this code, unless the context otherwise requires, "sex" means a
person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the
time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. As used in this subsection (c),
"evidence of a person's biological sex" includes, but is not limited to, a government-issued
identification document that accurately reflects a person's sex listed on the person's original
birth certificate.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-802(4), is amended by deleting the
subdivision and substituting the following:
(4) "Sex" has the same meaning as defined in§ 1-3-105(c).
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2023, the public welfare requiring it.
PASSED:
SENATE BILL NO.
1440
April 21, 2023
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APPROVED this /714
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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR