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type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, specifies that a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA is not required to refer to a student using the student's preferred pronoun if the pronoun is not consistent with the student's biological sex; insulates a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA from civil liability and adverse employment action for referring to a student using the pronoun that is consistent with the student's biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, specifies that a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA is not required to refer to a student using the student's preferred pronoun if the pronoun is not consistent with the student's biological sex; insulates a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA from civil liability and adverse employment action for referring to a student using the pronoun that is consistent with the student's biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 466"
citation: "Tennessee SB 466 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Principals and School Personnel", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95020b9f-e3e8-4917-b1bf-5cfe298c849b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0466&GA=113"
source_hash: "71cedf97fe560f01e4d550857cb0c8a2700efc6d8309ab41aaea6f95aed09fd6"
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 466 (113) — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, specifies that a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA is not required to refer to a student using the student's preferred pronoun if the pronoun is not consistent with the student's biological sex; insulates a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA from civil liability and adverse employment action for referring to a student using the pronoun that is consistent with the student's biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
## 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/SB0466.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — **257** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **7222** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (2) — **7223** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/29/2023 Passed (2) — **81** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rose — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-22** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-29** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2023
- **2023-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 7, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 22, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **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. 448
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95020b9f-e3e8-4917-b1bf-5cfe298c849b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).