SB 468 - HB 571
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
February 7, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Justin Billingsley | Email: justin.billingsley@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
SB 468 - HB 571
SUMMARY OF BILL: Enacts the Women’s Safety and Protection Act (Act) which prohibits
state and local governments from prohibiting distinctions between male and female sexes with
respect to athletics, correctional facilities, juvenile detention facilities, domestic violence shelters, or
other accommodations where biology, safety, or privacy is implied and which result in separate
accommodations that are substantially related to protecting the health, safety, or privacy of
individuals in such circumstances.
Requires domestic violence shelters, public schools, correctional facilities, and juvenile detention
facilities, as applicable, to: (1) designate multi-occupancy restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping
quarters for the exclusive use of either females, males, or members of the same family; and (2) take
reasonable steps to provide individuals with privacy in restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping
quarters from members of the opposite sex. Establishes specific exemptions to this requirement.
Prohibits a student from sharing sleeping quarters with a member of the opposite sex, excluding
family members, during a public school-authorized activity or event where students share sleeping
quarters.
Establishes legal remedies for violations of this Act, including bringing a cause of action for
injunctive relief or for actual damages, including reasonable attorney fees and costs. Requires that
any cause of action be initiated within two years from the date the harm occurred.
Requires that any law enacted by the General Assembly, or any rule adopted by a state agency or
other entity subject to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, when applicable to an individual’s sex,
must be interpreted using the definitions established by this Act.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NOT SIGNIFICANT
Assumptions:
• It is reasonably assumed that single and multi-occupancy restrooms, changing rooms, and
sleeping quarters in domestic violence shelters, public schools, correctional facilities, and
juvenile detention facilities currently adhere to the provisions of this legislation; therefore,
any fiscal impact is estimated to be not significant.
• If any such facilities require adjustment to the designation of restrooms, changing rooms, or
sleeping quarters, such designation can be implemented without requiring any major capital
improvements or renovations of existing facilities.
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• Any impact to the court system as a result of this legislation is estimated to be not
significant.
CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director