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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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April 25, 2022 | TN | HB 2633 | Exempts Teachers From Having to Use Students' Preferred Pronouns | Bill Passed - House (67 - 25) |
May 5, 2021 | TN | SB 623 | Prohibits Teaching "Critical Race Theory" in K-12 Schools | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (25 - 7) |
May 5, 2021 | TN | SB 623 | Prohibits Teaching "Critical Race Theory" in K-12 Schools | Conference Report Adopted - House (69 - 20) |
April 29, 2021 | TN | HB 1182 | Prohibits Transgender Students from Using Bathroom Facilities that do Not Match their Birth Sex | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 6) |
April 21, 2021 | TN | HB 1233 | Authorizes Refusal to Share Bathrooms and Locker Rooms with Transgender Persons | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 7) |
April 19, 2021 | TN | HB 1233 | Authorizes Refusal to Share Bathrooms and Locker Rooms with Transgender Persons | Bill Passed - House (65 - 24) |
April 14, 2021 | TN | SB 1229 | Requires Schools to Notify Parents When Teaching About Sexual or Gender Orientation | Bill Passed - House (64 - 23) |
April 5, 2021 | TN | SB 1229 | Requires Schools to Notify Parents When Teaching About Sexual or Gender Orientation | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 6) |
March 29, 2021 | TN | HB 1182 | Prohibits Transgender Students from Using Bathroom Facilities that do Not Match their Birth Sex | Bill Passed - House (62 - 25) |
May 1, 2019 | TN | HB 939 | Authorizes Education Savings Account Vouchers | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (19 - 14) |
May 1, 2019 | TN | HB 939 | Authorizes Education Savings Account Vouchers | Conference Report Adopted - House (51 - 46) |
April 23, 2019 | TN | HB 939 | Authorizes Education Savings Account Vouchers | Bill Passed - House (50 - 48) |
April 4, 2018 | TN | HB 2331 | Requires Schools to Report on Use of Corporal Punishment | Bill Passed - House (80 - 1) |
March 19, 2018 | TN | SB 2661 | Requires Public Schools to Display National Motto | Bill Passed - House (81 - 8) |
March 30, 2015 | TN | SB 999 | Establishes The Tennessee Choice and Opportunity Scholarship Program | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 9) |
April 10, 2014 | TN | SB 196 | Establishes the Tennessee Choice and Opportunity Scholarship Program | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 10) |
April 18, 2013 | TN | HB 702 | Increases the Appeal Time Period for Establishing Charter Schools | Bill Passed - House (62 - 30) |
April 27, 2012 | TN | SB 3310 | Requires Abstinence-Centered Sex Education in Schools | Bill Passed - House (68 - 23) |
April 26, 2012 | TN | HB 2566 | Increases Kindergarten Age Requirements | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 10) |
April 25, 2012 | TN | HB 2566 | Increases Kindergarten Age Requirements | Bill Passed - House (68 - 30) |
April 16, 2012 | TN | SB 3345 | Limits the Number of Foreign Nationals that May Work in a Charter School | Bill Passed - House (63 - 29) |
April 12, 2012 | TN | SB 3345 | Limits the Number of Foreign Nationals that May Work in a Charter School | Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 13) |
March 26, 2012 | TN | HB 368 | Scientific Theories in the Classroom | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (72 - 23) |
March 19, 2012 | TN | HB 368 | Scientific Theories in the Classroom | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 8) |
May 20, 2011 | TN | SB 113 | Teachers' Unions Negotiations | Conference Report Adopted - House (55 - 40) |
May 20, 2011 | TN | SB 113 | Teachers' Unions Negotiations | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (19 - 12) |
May 20, 2011 | TN | SB 49 | Prohibits Instruction of Non-Heterosexual Human Sexuality in Schools | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 10) |
May 2, 2011 | TN | SB 113 | Teachers' Unions Negotiations | Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 14) |
April 21, 2011 | TN | SB 485 | Equal Opportunity Scholarship Act | Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 10) |
April 7, 2011 | TN | HB 368 | Scientific Theories in the Classroom | Bill Passed - House (70 - 23) |
March 24, 2011 | TN | SB 1528 | Amends Requirements for Teacher Tenure | Bill Passed - House (65 - 32) |
March 10, 2011 | TN | SB 1528 | Amends Requirements for Teacher Tenure | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12) |