republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-996.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	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.	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.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 996	Tennessee HB 996 (113)	bill	Education	enacted	Baum	3	27	5	2023-01-30	2024-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/188e50e0-59c5-4fcd-8ac7-6e03ac726734	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0996&GA=113	edd2ecf422fe2a069eb0224dd30b563c75c59b2d4487d2a515f520d9b0b8c3fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Amendment SA0309 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/188e50e0-59c5-4fcd-8ac7-6e03ac726734. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).