Morning -
Here is the status of library legislation.
As introduced, prohibits a public institution of higher education from taking certain actions with regard to divisive concepts and the ideologies or political viewpoints of students and employees; revises the duties of an institution's employees whose primary duties include diversity; requires each institution to conduct a survey of its students and employees to assess the campus climate with regard to diversity of thought and the respondents' comfort level in speaking freely on campus and to publish the results on the institution's website. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
HB 2670- Sponsored by Reps by Sexton C, Gant
SB 2290- Sponsored by Senator Mike Bell
Current Status:
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, excludes local education agencies, public schools, and employees and private contractors of LEAs or public schools from the exception to certain obscenity offenses if the LEA, public school, employee, or private contractor possesses obscene material that is harmful to minors on public school premises; prohibits an LEA or public school from making obscene materials or materials harmful to minors available to students in the school libraries controlled by the LEA or public school. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9 and Title 49.
HB1944 - Sponsored by by *Cepicky , Doggett, Ragan, Sexton J, Hurt, Grills, Eldridge, Lafferty, Weaver, Hall, Haston, Carringer, Griffey, Smith, Hulsey, Warner, Casada, Crawford, Ogles, Cochran, Byrd, Reedy, Rudder, Helton
SB1944 - Sponsored by Senator Joey Hensley
Current Status:
Textbooks - As introduced, prohibits the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission from recommending or listing, the state board of education from approving for local adoption or from granting a waiver for, and LEAs and public charter schools from adopting or using textbooks and instructional materials or supplemental instructional materials that promote, normalize, support, or address lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgender issues or lifestyles. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Current Status:
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022"; requires each public school to maintain, and post on the school's website, a list of the materials in the school's library collection; requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a policy to establish procedures for the development and review of school library collections. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
HB 2154 - Sponsored by Representatives Lamberth and Gant
SB 2407 - Sponsored by Senator Jack Johnson
Current Status:
Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
[Bill is Engrossed - The bill now having been passed in one body then goes to the office of the chief engrossing clerk, where it is retyped, without errors or erasures and is transmitted to the other body. The bill is "engrossed" by reproducing it with all the amendments inserted in the proper places.]
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, creates a Tennessee state library coordinator position within the department; establishes the duties of the Tennessee state library coordinator. - Amends TCA Title 49.
HB1667 - Sponsored by Representative Sam Whitson
SB1784 - Sponsored by Senator Jon Lundberg
Current Status:
Placed behind the budget
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Children - As introduced, enacts the "Parent Bill of Rights Act," which requires LEAs to permit parents to have access to certain information, including the names of instructors, titles available in the school library, teacher manuals, and curriculum; requires parents to provide written consent before a student can participate in any extracurricular activity, family life lesson, field trip, school assembly, or guest speaker event; prohibits certain healthcare practitioners from providing medical treatment to a minor without parental consent or an appropriate court order. - Amends TCA Section 14-4-103; Title 49 and Title 63.
HB 2451 - Sponsored by Representative Terri Lynn Weaver
SB 2360 - Sponsored by Senator Janice Bowling
Current Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee
As introduced, requires the library board to annually publish on the library's website the report the library board currently provides to the county or city legislative body, at its first meeting of each fiscal year, setting forth its capital and operational receipts and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49.
This is a caption bill- placeholder bill that will be amended.
HB 2549 - Sponsored by Representative Justin Lafferty
SB 2688 - Sponsored by Senator Mark Pody
Current Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, revises various provisions governing the prohibition or restriction of weapons at meetings or on property owned by a private or government entity, including eliminating the prohibitions a local government can place on possession of a handgun in certain locations such as libraries, child care agencies, buildings containing a law enforcement agency, and facilities that administer a Head Start program; removes the limitation of the concealed carry restriction to only persons with an enhanced handgun carry permit; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39.
HB 2521 - Sponsored by Representative Jerry Sexton
SB 2521 - Sponsored by Senator Joey Hensley
Current Status: Assigned to House Civil Justice Subcommittee and referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
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Thanks,
Andrea
TLA Legislative Monitor