republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-970.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 970	Tennessee HB 970 (111)	bill	Education Curriculum	enacted	Littleton White	3	35	5	2019-02-05	2019-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/112f61d0-3ecb-487d-9536-c51857f6c4c5	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0970&GA=111	dce12343f36f4546850f8673c2dd8470b07f125c2fdf1c05c59684e781e496db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Amendment SA0196 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/112f61d0-3ecb-487d-9536-c51857f6c4c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).