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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 306

SENATE BILL NO. 158

By Hensley, Bowling, Crowe, Walley, Watson

                                              Substituted for: House Bill No. 85

By Cepicky, McCalmon, Doggett, Reedy, Terry, Powers, Hill, Brock Martin, Powell, Hulsey, Maberry,
                                     Reeves, Sherrell, Towns, Glynn, Davis, Hawk

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to physical activity for students.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1021 (a), is amended by deleting the
subsection and substituting:

                    (a) In accordance with § 49-6-1022, each LEA shall integrate:

                              (1) For elementary school students, a minimum of forty (40) minutes of physical
                    activity per full school day; and

                              (2) For middle and high school students, a minimum of ninety (90) minutes of
                    physical activity per full school week.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1021(b), is amended by deleting the
subsection and substituting:

                    (b)(1) Physical activity may include walking, jumping rope, playing volleyball, or other
                    forms of physical activity that promote fitness and well-being. Walking to and from class
                    is not physical activity for purposes of this section.

                              (2) To satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a)(1 ):

                                         (A) Physical activity:

                                                   (i). Must include unstructured play outside, unless weather
                                         conditions negatively impact reasonable execution of physical activity
                                         outside; and

                                                   (ii) Does not include:

                                                             (a) Time during which a student is permitted to use an
                                                   electronic device; or

                                                             (b) Time spent by a student in a physical education class;
                                                   and

                                         (8) A student shall not be withheld from participating in physical activity
                               as a form of punishment.

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 158

PASSED:  April 15, 2025

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                         SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                        BILL LEE, GOVERNOR