Tennessee 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB0472 Chaptered / Bill

Filed 04/04/2025

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 134 
HOUSE BILL NO. 64 
By Representatives Bulso, Barrett, Maberry, Todd 
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 472 
By Senators Bowling, Hensley, Stevens 
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 multi­
occupancy 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 enrolled in elementary or secondary schools, as defined in § 49-6-301, 
to stay overnight in residential facilities must segregate by sex, as defined in § 1-3-
105( c), all multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and showers that are located in 
the facility at which minors stay overnight for purposes of the residential educational 
program. 
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 enrolled in elementary or secondary schools, as defined in § 49-6-301, 
to stay overnight in residential facilities must segregate by sex, as defined in § 1-3-
1 0S(c), all multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and showers that are located in 
the facility at which minors stay overnight for purposes of the residential educational 
program. 
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.  HOUSE BILL NO. 64 
PASSED: March 20, 2025 
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE 
APPROVED this ¢ &2. ?;E_ day of ti I 2025 
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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR