Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Enacted 8 R cosponsors

SB 0936 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, relative to biological sex.

Last action — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 938

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Bill Lee (Republican) on April 30, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 66% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (8 R).

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

In plain language

This bill requires government entities to redefine sex and gender in official documents.

The bill mandates that all governmental entities revise their policies to define sex and gender based on immutable reproductive characteristics determined at birth. The specific text of the bill is not available for review.

Summary

State Government - As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics testing at the time of birth; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

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

  7. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/26/2025

  8. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/02/2025

  9. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025

  10. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to Second Calendar of 2026

  11. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 1/21/2026

  12. Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee

  13. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026

  14. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026

  15. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026

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

  17. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026

  18. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026

  19. H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0763)

  20. Failed to adopt am. (Amendment 2 - HA0889), Ayes 20, Nays 68, PNV 0

  21. Failed to adopt am. (Amendment 3 - HA0890), Ayes 23, Nays 66, PNV 0

  22. Failed to adopt am (Amendment 4 - HA0894), Ayes 14, Nays 71, PNV 0

  23. Sponsor(s) Added.

  24. Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 16, PNV 0

  25. Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

  26. Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

  27. Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

  28. Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0147)

  29. Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 6

  30. Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

  31. Signed by H. Speaker

  32. Signed by Senate Speaker

  33. Transmitted to Governor for his action.

  34. Signed by Governor.

  35. Pub. Ch. 938

  36. Effective date(s) 05/07/2026

  37. Filed for introduction

  38. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  39. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  40. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  41. Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/18/2025

  42. Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  43. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0

  44. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026

  45. Companion House Bill substituted

  46. Sponsor(s) Added.

  47. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 938

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 125 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (125)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 0936 do?
State Government - As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics testing at the time of birth; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.
Who sponsors SB 0936?
SB 0936 is sponsored by Rose, Paul (Republican), Bailey, Paul (Republican), Bowling, Janice (Republican), Haile, Ferrell (Republican), Hensley, Joey (Republican), Lowe, Adam (Republican), Stevens, John (Republican), and White, Dawn (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 0936?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2025. Enacted.
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