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Education - As enacted, prohibits a local board of education or public charter school governing body from removing a material from a library collection for the sole reason that the material is religious. - Amends TCA Tit, the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 270

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1112
                                                          By Lowe, Rose

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1085
                           By Greg Martin, Bulso, Stinnett, Reedy, Capley, Todd, Slater
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school materials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3803, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
                    (i) A local board of education or public charter school governing body shall not remove
          a material from a library collection for the sole reason that the material is religious.
          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1112

PASSED:  April 10, 2025

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                                   SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                            CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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