Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex applies when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51.
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Last Action on 05/27/2026: [House] Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1076
<p>The misgendering through refusal to use a person's honorifics has moved to the House floor. The bill originated as an attack on one trans instructor in Clarksville. Read the story from WRKN here: https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-politics/teacher-honorific-bill/ .</p>