Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee HB1527: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to human trafficking.
Status: Chaptered, April 23, 2026
Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary Present law requires that the family life curriculum include instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child. Present law generally prohibits teaching topics related to sexual activity to students in grades K-5 as part of a family life curriculum; provided, that such prohibition does not apply to a public school providing instruction to students in grades K-5 on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of child sexual abuse and human trafficking in which the victim is a child. This bill replaces present law by removing instruction on human trafficking in which the victim is a child from the family life curriculum and adding child trafficking prevention and awareness education to the components that must be included in a coordinated school health program. This bill requires that the course of instruction in all public schools include age- and grade-appropriate child trafficking prevention and awareness education as a component of health education for students in all grades K-12. This bill authorizes public schools to utilize the services of a qualified healthcare professional or social worker to assist in teaching child trafficking prevention and awareness; provided, that the qualified healthcare professional or social worker meets the requirements for assisting in teaching family life under present law. This bill requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to annually submit a plan to implement the requirements of this bill to the commissioner of education and publish the plan on the website for the LEA or public charter school. The full text of this bill specifies components that must be include in the plans. This bill also requires each local boa
What the bill says
From the amended text:
Senate Education 1 Amendment No. 1 to SB1710 White Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 1710 House Bill No. 1527* by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1304, is amended by deleting subdivision (a)(13)(B), and by deleting "and human trafficking in which the victim is a child" in subsection (d). SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10, is amended by adding the following as a new section: (a) As used in this section, "child trafficking" means a human trafficking offense, as defined in § 39-13-314, in which the victim is less than eighteen (18) years of age. (b) The course of instruction in all public schools must include child trafficking prevention and awareness education as a component of health education for students in all grades kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12). (c) Using the health education standards adopted by the state board of education, an LEA and public charter school shall ensure that the instruction provided pursuant to subsection (b) is age- and grade-appropriate and advances each year through developmentally appropriate instruction and skill building. SA0673 (d) An LEA and public charter school may utilize the services of a qualified healthcare professional or social worker to assist in teaching child trafficking prevention and awareness; …