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type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, prohibits a local education agency, public charter school, public institution of higher education, the state board of education, and the department of education from requiring an educator, employee of an LEA or charter school, faculty member, or employee of a public institution of higher education to complete or participate in implicit bias training; defines \"implicit bias training\"; prohibits adverse licensure and employment actions from being taken against such an individual for the individual's failure or refusal to participate in implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, prohibits a local education agency, public charter school, public institution of higher education, the state board of education, and the department of education from requiring an educator, employee of an LEA or charter school, faculty member, or employee of a public institution of higher education to complete or participate in implicit bias training; defines \"implicit bias training\"; prohibits adverse licensure and employment actions from being taken against such an individual for the individual's failure or refusal to participate in implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 102"
citation: "Tennessee SB 102 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ed74313-58c5-4a3a-ab97-5f41f08edf65"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0102&GA=113"
source_hash: "d97d30036a16abe34d6bae52bf0c4e8a9a8b23227bf9ea3b5ebd37accd8d2b73"
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 SB 102 (113) — Education - As enacted, prohibits a local education agency, public charter school, public institution of higher education, the state board of education, and the department of education from requiring an educator, employee of an LEA or charter school, faculty member, or employee of a public institution of higher education to complete or participate in implicit bias training; defines "implicit bias training"; prohibits adverse licensure and employment actions from being taken against such an individual for the individual's failure or refusal to participate in implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0102.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2023 Passed — **245** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/22/2023 Passed — **71** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed — **7122** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/20/2023 Passed — **81** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed — **6721** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gardenhire — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2023
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2023
- **2023-04-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 05/17/2023
- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 438
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ed74313-58c5-4a3a-ab97-5f41f08edf65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).