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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that the family life curriculum used in public schools include instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires each local board of education to require that each teacher employed by the board receive a one-time in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that the family life curriculum used in public schools include instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires each local board of education to require that each teacher employed by the board receive a one-time in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 970"
citation: "Tennessee HB 970 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Curriculum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/112f61d0-3ecb-487d-9536-c51857f6c4c5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0970&GA=111"
source_hash: "dce12343f36f4546850f8673c2dd8470b07f125c2fdf1c05c59684e781e496db"
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 HB 970 (111) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that the family life curriculum used in public schools include instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires each local board of education to require that each teacher employed by the board receive a one-time in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0256.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0196.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0970.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 3/26/2019 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/27/2019 Passed (1) — **62** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Littleton — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Education for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0196)
- **2019-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0256) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 269
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 269
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/112f61d0-3ecb-487d-9536-c51857f6c4c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).