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American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee urged Governor Bill Lee to veto SB 2153/HB 2316, which would exclude transgender women from participating on college sports teams consistent with their gender.
We urged Governor Bill Lee to veto SB 2248/HB 2656, the “truth-in-sentencing" bill that would require certain offenders to serve all or nearly all of their sentences without the opportunity to earn credit for good behavior or program participation.
The Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee stopped advancement of a bill that would have insulated teachers and school employees who choose to harm or discriminate against transgender students by purposefully misgendering them from any accountability or adverse action.
The Tennessee House passed a bill that insulates teachers and school employees who choose to harm or discriminate against transgender students by purposefully misgendering them from any accountability or adverse action.
Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee urged Governor Bill Lee to veto HB 978/SB 1610, the bill that would criminalize unhoused people by making sleeping on any public property a felony.
Today the Tennessee Senate passed two bills intended to prevent transgender student athletes from competing.