---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, clarifies that instruction in topics related to sexual activity are generally not age-appropriate for students in grades K-5 and must generally not be taught to students in grades K-5 as part of a family life curriculum; clarifies that such prohibition does not prohibit an LEA or public charter school from providing instruction to students in K-5 on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of child sexual abuse and human trafficking in which the victim is a child. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, clarifies that instruction in topics related to sexual activity are generally not age-appropriate for students in grades K-5 and must generally not be taught to students in grades K-5 as part of a family life curriculum; clarifies that such prohibition does not prohibit an LEA or public charter school from providing instruction to students in K-5 on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of child sexual abuse and human trafficking in which the victim is a child. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 996"
citation: "Tennessee HB 996 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/188e50e0-59c5-4fcd-8ac7-6e03ac726734"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0996&GA=113"
source_hash: "edd2ecf422fe2a069eb0224dd30b563c75c59b2d4487d2a515f520d9b0b8c3fb"
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 996 (113) — Education - As enacted, clarifies that instruction in topics related to sexual activity are generally not age-appropriate for students in grades K-5 and must generally not be taught to students in grades K-5 as part of a family life curriculum; clarifies that such prohibition does not prohibit an LEA or public charter school from providing instruction to students in K-5 on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of child sexual abuse and human trafficking in which the victim is a child. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0517** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0517.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0309** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0309.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0996.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 1/31/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/12/2024 Passed (1) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/12/2024 2/8/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/6/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2024 Passed — **24–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2023-03-14** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 1/31/2024
- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 2/6/2024
- **2024-01-31** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/8/2024
- **2024-02-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/12/2024
- **2024-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0517) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0309)
- **2024-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
- **2024-05-28** Pub. Ch. 970

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/188e50e0-59c5-4fcd-8ac7-6e03ac726734`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).