2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

HB1270: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49, relative to freedom of speech.

Legislative Summary

As introduced, specifies that certain individuals are not required to use another's preferred name or pronoun, if the preferred name or pronoun is not consistent with the individual's legal name or sex; insulates certain individuals from civil liability for using, or refusing to use, certain names or pronouns in reference to another; allows a civil action to be filed against certain employers and public schools that implement certain preferred pronoun policies or that allow certain names or pronouns to be used in reference to an unemancipated minor without first obtaining parental consent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49.

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Bill History

2/6/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
P2C, ref. to Education Committee
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/18/2025
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Action def. in Education Committee to 4/1/2025
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025
House of Representatives
3/27/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2025
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025
House of Representatives
4/15/2025
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Comp. SB subst.
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives

Amendments

HA0482

Amendment 2-0 to HB1270

4/16/2025Not Adopted

HA0485

Amendment 3-0 to HB1270

4/16/2025Not Adopted

HA0486

Amendment 4-0 to HB1270

4/16/2025Not Adopted

HA0487

Amendment 5-0 to HB1270

4/16/2025Not Adopted

HA0259

Amendment 1-0 to HB1270

4/2/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
4/14/2025
20
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/9/2025
10
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/2/2025
14
Yea
3
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee
3/18/2025
5
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED