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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that the family life curriculum used in public schools include instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires each local board of education to require that each teacher employed by the board receive a one-time in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49."
+description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that the family life curriculum used in public schools include instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires each local board of education to require that each teacher employed by the board receive a one-time in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "HB 970"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 970 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Curriculum"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "White"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-05"
+last_action: "2019-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/112f61d0-3ecb-487d-9536-c51857f6c4c5"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0970&GA=111"
+source_hash: "dce12343f36f4546850f8673c2dd8470b07f125c2fdf1c05c59684e781e496db"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 970 (111) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that the family life curriculum used in public schools include instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires each local board of education to require that each teacher employed by the board receive a one-time in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0256.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0196.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0970.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 3/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/27/2019 Passed (1) — **6–2** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Littleton — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
+- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
+- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
+- **2019-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/27/2019
+- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 3/26/2019
+- **2019-03-20** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Ref. to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
+- **2019-03-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Education for 4/3/2019
+- **2019-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
+- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
+- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2019-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0196)
+- **2019-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
+- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
+- **2019-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2019-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0256) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 269
+- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 269
+- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/112f61d0-3ecb-487d-9536-c51857f6c4c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+