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Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1270: Education - As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or contractor of the public school or LEA to provide the individual's preferred pronouns; makes related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1270 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education - As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or contractor of the public school or LEA to provide the individual's preferred pronouns; makes related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49. Primary sponsor: Mark Cochran (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 15, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 453.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark CochranPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse23

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 453
  2. Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. Comp. SB subst.
  4. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025
  5. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
  6. Sponsor(s) Added.
  7. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025
  8. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  9. Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2025
  10. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  11. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
  12. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source