republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/sb-1665.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex applies when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51."
description: "Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex applies when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1665"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1665 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/988bfd09-ecae-448f-9517-08469d688e90"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1665&ga=114"
source_hash: "df479109a36855ef1a59cb50c7c843ccc8f9fb910fe20c9dab2d4c17e6eb928c"
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 1665 (114) — Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex applies when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1079** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1079.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1665.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **70–18** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/9/2026 Passed — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **22–4** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2026 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed — **67–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-21** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 18, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1079) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 22, Nays 4 (Amendment 1 - HA1079) `passage`
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1076

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/988bfd09-ecae-448f-9517-08469d688e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).