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Bill Number & Sponsor	Link to Bill Text	Summary	Latest Action	Fiscal Notes / Amendments
HB1406 (G. Johnson) SB 1139 (Oliver)	HB1406 / SB1139	School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that participate in the education savings account program or the individualized education account program to publish the school's lesson plans and syllabus for each class offered by the school, a current list of materials in the school's library collection, and the academic standards for each class offered by the school on the school's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.	House Action: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/21/2023 Senate Action: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2023	Fiscal Note
HB1376 (Rep Ragan) SB0817 (Sen Hensley)	HB1376 / SB0817	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8, relative to higher education. Education, Higher - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8.	House Action:Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/22/2023 Senate Action: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2023	Fiscal Note
HB0761 (Rep Eldridge) SB0138 (Sen Hensley)	HB0761 / SB0138	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to devices capable of accessing the internet. Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Youth Mental Health Safety Act." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.	House Action: Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/21/2023 Senate Action: Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/20/2023	Fiscal Note
HB1090 (Rep Lynn) SB1061 (Sen Hensley)	HB1090 / SB1061	Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, removes the educational justification of a person possessing obscene material if the person is at a school building, bus, school campus, grounds, recreational area, athletic field, or other property owned, used, or operated by a local education agency.- Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9 and Title 49.	House Action:Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2023 Senate Action:Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2023	Fiscal Note House Amendment
HB 0841 (Rep Lynn) SB1059 (Sen Hensley)	HB0841 / SB1059	Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, removes the educational justification of a person possessing obscene material if the person is at a school building, bus, school campus, grounds, recreational area, athletic field, or other property owned, used, or operated by a local education agency. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9.	House Action:Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2023 Senate Action: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2023	Fiscal NoteHouse Amendment
HB1040 (Rep Jernigan) SB1078 (Sen Yarbro)	HB1040 / SB1078	Local Education Agencies - As introduced, excludes materials obtained by an individual teacher, which are made available in the teacher's classroom to students assigned to the teacher's class or classes, from having to be identified in a list posted on the school's website, and from being subject to the development, review, and feedback process established by the school's local board of education or public charter school governing body for materials in the school's library collection. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.	House Action: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/21/2023 Senate Action: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023	Fiscal Note Senate Amendment
SB 0086 (Sen Walley) HB 0734 (Rep Rudd)	SB 0086 / HB0734	Public Records - As introduced, clarifies that a person requesting public records is not entitled to special or more expeditious access to records under this part due to the person's occupation or association with a specific profession. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.	House Action: Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/22/2023 Senate Action: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.	Fiscal Note
SB 0003 (Sen Johnson) HB 0009 (Rep Todd)	SB 0003/ HB 0009	Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 14.	Signed by Governor.	Fiscal Note Amendment House Amendment
SB 0841 (Sen Hensley) HB 0030 (Rep Doggett)	SB0841 / HB0030	Local Government, General - As introduced, requires a person to obtain a valid entertainer permit from the adult-oriented establishment board, in those jurisdictions with a board, prior to performing adult cabaret entertainment for compensation; prohibits public, private, and commercial establishments from allowing persons under the age of 18 to attend a performance featuring adult cabaret entertainment. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51.	House Action: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration Senate Action: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2023	Fiscal Note
SB 0027 (Sen Gardenhire) HB 0023 (Rep Moon)	SB 0027/ HB 0023	Open Meetings - As introduced, requires governing bodies to make agendas of meetings and supplemental meeting documents available to the public at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.	House Action: Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee Senate Action: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2023	Fiscal Note
SB 0073 (Sen Watson) / HB1181 (Rep Garrett)	SB 0073 / HB1181	Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Information Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 61; Title 66 and Title 67.	House Action:Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/21/2023 Senate Action: Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/20/2023	Fiscal Note
SB 0024 (Sen Hensley) HB 0007 (Rep Cepicky)	SB 0024 / HB 0007	Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As introduced, increases, from $200 to $500, the amount each LEA and public charter school is required to pay each teacher in kindergarten through grade 12 for the purchase of instructional supplies for the 2023-2024 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.	House Action:Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Senate Action: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2023	Fiscal Note - Amendment changes to $100
SB 0102 (Sen Gardenhire) HB 0158 (Rep Zachary )	SB 0102 / HB 0158	Education - As introduced, prohibits a local education agency, public charter school, public institution of higher education, the state board of education, and the department of education from requiring an educator, employee of an LEA or charter school, faculty member, or employee of a public institution of higher education to complete or participate in implicit bias training; defines "implicit bias training"; prohibits adverse licensure and employment actions from being taken against such an individual for the individual's failure or refusal to participate in implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49.	House Action: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/21/2023 Senate Action: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee	Fiscal Note