A record for discriminatory bills moving the week of March 22! Here are ways you can take action.

MARCH 22

*SB228/HB3, the anti-transgender student athlete bill, is up for a vote on the House floor.

-Use this form to send a message to your member of the Tennessee House about the bill.

-Online Event:  Call Out Discrimination Zoom Phone Bank at 6:00 p.m. Central Time.

MARCH 23

*HB1027 is a caption bill that would likely carry language regulating gender-affirming care for transgender youth. It is on notice in the House Health Subcommittee.

-Make calls on HB1027 with the scripts and phones numbers at this link.

-Use this easy form to email the House Health Subcommittee and the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.

*HB1182, the anti-transgender bathroom sign mandate, is BACK ON NOTICE after being taken off notice. It is up for a vote in the House State Government Committee.

-Use the email campaign at this link if you have not already done so.

-If you would like to leave messages for the members of the State Government Committee, find the script with phone numbers here.

*HB800 would ban LGBTQ content from the public school curriculum.  HB529 would require schools to let parents opt their students out of sexual orientation/gender identity curricula in public schools. Both bills are up for consideration in the House Education Instruction Subcommittee.

-Make calls on HB800 and a related bill, HB529, with the script and phone numbers at this link.

-Use this easy form to send emails to the subcommittee. Feel free to add your own message in the blank space.

-Online Event:  People's Preview of the State presented by Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood. 6:00 p.m. Central Time.

MARCH 24

*HB578, the bill attacking gender-affirming care is up for a vote in the House Criminal Justice Committee.

-If you would like to leave phone messages with the members of the committee, find the scripts and phone numbers here.

-Email the members of the committee using the easy form at this link.

*SB126 is a caption bill that would likely carry language regulating gender-affirming care for transgender youth, is on notice in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.

-Make calls to the members of the committee using the phone numbers and scripts at the link.

-The email campaign for this bill is combined with the March 23 campaign on the companion bill up in the House Health Subcommittee. See above.

*SB1229, the bill that would let parents opt their students out of sexual orientation/gender identity curricula in public schools, is up for a vote in the Senate Education Committee.  SB1367, which is an anti-transgender student bathroom bill 2.0 is up in the same committee on the same date.

-Make calls to the members of the committee using the phone numbers and scripts at this link.

-Use this easy form to email the Senate Education Committee on both bills. Add your own message in the blank space.

-Online Event:  TEP Knox, Anderson, and Blount Counties virtual meeting at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

-Online Event:  TEP Shelby County virtual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Central Time.

MARCH 25

-Virtual Event:  TEP Tri-Cities virtual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time.