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Bill State Government - As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics testing at the time of birth; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8. State Government - As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics testing at the time of birth; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 1271 Tennessee HB 1271 (114)
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Tennessee HB 1271 (114) — State Government - As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics testing at the time of birth; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0763 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA0889 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment HA0890 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment HA0894 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Amendment SA0147 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed — 7219 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/19/2025 Passed (4) — 61 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — 7216 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2026 Passed (3) — 164 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY SALINAS AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Failed — 1471 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY BEHN AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Failed — 2068 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026 3/26/2026 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY BEHN AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Failed — 2366 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — 246 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Cochran — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-06 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2025-02-12 P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-14 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-12 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
  • 2025-03-19 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/26/2025
  • 2025-03-19 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-26 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025
  • 2025-03-26 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/02/2025
  • 2025-04-02 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to Second Calendar of 2026
  • 2026-01-14 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 1/21/2026
  • 2026-01-21 Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee
  • 2026-03-11 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
  • 2026-03-18 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
  • 2026-03-18 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
  • 2026-03-23 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-25 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
  • 2026-03-26 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026
  • 2026-03-30 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-30 Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 16, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-03-30 Failed to adopt am (Amendment 4 - HA0894), Ayes 14, Nays 71, PNV 0
  • 2026-03-30 Failed to adopt am. (Amendment 3 - HA0890), Ayes 23, Nays 66, PNV 0
  • 2026-03-30 Failed to adopt am. (Amendment 2 - HA0889), Ayes 20, Nays 68, PNV 0
  • 2026-03-30 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0763) amendment-passage
  • 2026-03-31 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-04-02 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-04-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 6 passage
  • 2026-04-22 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0147)
  • 2026-04-22 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-04-28 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-06 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-07 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
  • 2026-05-15 Pub. Ch. 938

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c33aed03-089e-41d3-b50f-d9ffeb713531. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).