HB0368

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to student instruction.

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Tennessee HB0368 mandates instruction on the state's safe haven law for students in grades nine through twelve.

Tennessee HB0368 amends the state's education code to require instruction on the safe haven law, which allows for the voluntary surrender of an unharmed infant by the infant's mother without criminal liability. The state board of education, with assistance from the department of education, will develop guidelines for this instruction. These guidelines will be distributed to local education agencies and public charter high schools before the start of the 2025-2026 school year.

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Sponsors

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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

16 Yea

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1 Nay

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Calendar

Mar 18, 2025

12:00 PM

House Education Committee Hearing

Mar 11, 2025

12:00 PM

House Education Committee Hearing

History

May 2, 2025

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 164

Mar 27, 2025

House

Comp. SB subst.

Mar 27, 2025

House

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