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type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, extends, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the counties within which each LEA must implement a program of family life education from counties with a pregnancy rate of 19.5 pregnancies for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 17 to all counties; requires a curriculum on sex education or human sexuality that is implemented by an LEA as a part of a human growth and development program be in conformance with the curriculum guidelines established for family life programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13."
description: "Education - As enacted, extends, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the counties within which each LEA must implement a program of family life education from counties with a pregnancy rate of 19.5 pregnancies for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 17 to all counties; requires a curriculum on sex education or human sexuality that is implemented by an LEA as a part of a human growth and development program be in conformance with the curriculum guidelines established for family life programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 487"
citation: "Tennessee HB 487 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5765e7c3-867c-44d8-b1e6-a11a22efda37"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0487&GA=112"
source_hash: "ef8d0bb0d984c083b56bf510ef7f0e9ecfecb4f06546a9aac1ef0b60e0638cf3"
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 487 (112) — Education - As enacted, extends, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the counties within which each LEA must implement a program of family life education from counties with a pregnancy rate of 19.5 pregnancies for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 17 to all counties; requires a curriculum on sex education or human sexuality that is implemented by an LEA as a part of a human growth and development program be in conformance with the curriculum guidelines established for family life programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13.
## 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/112/Bill/HB0487.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **7812** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/31/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/9/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Action def. in Education Instruction to 3/24/2021 3/17/2021 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/7/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/5/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/14/2021 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Action def. in Education Instruction to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Action def. in Education Instruction to 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/5/2021
- **2021-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/21
- **2021-04-05** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 78, Nays 12, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 04/30/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 290
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 290
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5765e7c3-867c-44d8-b1e6-a11a22efda37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).