---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, revises provisions governing contraception information provided as part of instruction of the family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Section 71-5-133."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, revises provisions governing contraception information provided as part of instruction of the family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Section 71-5-133."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 577"
citation: "Tennessee HB 577 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Curriculum", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Ragan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7824149f-79ee-44fe-b5b4-354f3fadc1ec"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0577&GA=112"
source_hash: "20f61778d9d9b8c56bbaedf3039a7619ec0ef7698db599ad496e163e1bb22cc3"
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 577 (112) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, revises provisions governing contraception information provided as part of instruction of the family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Section 71-5-133.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0327** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0327.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0238** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0238.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0577.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — **70–22** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/6/2021 Passed (5) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/14/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed (2) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Ragan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-05** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Health Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0238)
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-28** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 22, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0327) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 380
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 380

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7824149f-79ee-44fe-b5b4-354f3fadc1ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).