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HB0064 • 2026

Education

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to residential educational programs.

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Sponsor
Bulso, Bowling
Last action
2025-04-04
Official status
Effective date(s) 04/03/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's full impact on existing school policies is unclear until it becomes law.

Residential Educational Program Rules

This bill requires residential educational programs to separate restrooms, changing areas, and showers by sex for minors who stay overnight in these facilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Clarifies that multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and showers must be separated by sex in elementary, middle, and secondary schools.
  • Requires private school and postsecondary institutions with residential educational programs to separate such areas if they allow minors to stay overnight.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students in elementary, middle, and secondary schools who use multi-occupancy facilities.
  • Private school students and postsecondary institution students enrolled in overnight residential educational programs.

Terms To Know

Immutable biological sex
The physical characteristics that determine whether a person is male or female, which do not change over time.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how schools should handle single-occupancy restrooms.
  • Applies only to residential educational programs where minors stay overnight and does not cover day programs.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB0064

Plain English: The amendment requires all multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and showers in residential educational programs to be segregated by sex for minors.

  • Adds new sections to Tennessee Code Annotated that mandate segregation of multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and showers by sex for minors participating in any type or duration of residential educational program.
  • The amendment does not specify how the segregation will be enforced or what consequences there might be for non-compliance.
  • It is unclear if this amendment applies to all types of facilities, including those that may already have gender-neutral policies in place.
Amendment 2-0 to HB0064

Plain English: This amendment removes the first two sections of a bill related to residential educational programs in Tennessee.

  • Removes Sections 1 and 2 from the original bill.
  • The specific content of Sections 1 and 2 is not provided, so their exact nature cannot be explained.
  • It's unclear what impact this removal will have on other parts of the bill or its overall intent.
Amendment 1-0 to SB0472

Plain English: The amendment requires all multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and showers in residential educational programs to be segregated by sex for minors.

  • Adds new sections to Tennessee Code Annotated that mandate segregation of multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and showers by sex for minors participating in any type or duration of residential educational program.
  • The amendment does not specify how the segregation will be enforced or what consequences there might be for non-compliance.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 04/03/2025

  2. 2025-04-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 134

  3. 2025-04-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 134

  4. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

  6. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  7. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  8. 2025-03-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

  9. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 4

  10. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0123)

  11. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

  12. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

  13. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  14. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Companion House Bill substituted

  15. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

  16. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/20/2025

  17. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 18, PNV 0

  18. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0060)

  19. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  20. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025

  21. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025

  22. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0

  23. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  24. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025

  25. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025

  26. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/11/2025

  27. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2025

  28. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/4/25

  29. 2025-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/25/2025

  30. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  31. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee

  32. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  33. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/11/2025

  34. 2025-01-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  35. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee

  36. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Education Committee

  37. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  38. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  39. 2025-01-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON MARCH 17, 2025, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 64, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 makes the following changes to the bill:



Clarifies that only

multi-occupancy
restrooms, changing areas, and showers
must
be segregated by sex
in elementary, middle, and secondary schools.



Requires
residential educational programs
at private schools or postsecondary and higher education institutions to segregate such areas if a program
allow
s
minors enrolled in elementary or secondary schools to stay overnight in residential facilities for purposes of the residential educational program.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 472
By Bowling

HOUSE BILL 64
By Bulso

HB0064
000478
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to residential educational programs.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 3, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
All residential educational programs in this state, regardless of type or duration,
that allow minors to participate or to access residential facilities must segregate all
restrooms, changing areas, and showers by sex, as defined in § 1-3-105(c).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 8, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
All residential educational programs in this state, regardless of type or duration,
that allow minors to participate or to access residential facilities must segregate all
restrooms, changing areas, and showers by sex, as defined in § 1-3-105(c).
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
All residential educational programs in this state, regardless of type or duration,
that allow minors to participate or to access residential facilities must segregate all
restrooms, changing areas, and showers by sex, as defined in § 1-3-105(c).
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.