{"id":1434332,"date":"2022-04-12T23:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T03:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1434332"},"modified":"2022-04-12T23:44:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T03:44:54","slug":"tennessee-legislators-protect-children-from-k-12-transgender-advocates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-legislators-protect-children-from-k-12-transgender-advocates\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Legislators Protect Children from K-12 Transgender Advocates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-legislators-protect-children-from-k-12-transgender-advocates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1434332&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Republican-controlled Tennessee state legislature approved a bill that would further protect girls\u2019 sports from pro-transgender administrators and coaches in the state\u2019s schools.<\/p>\n<p>The measure, SB1861, <a href=\"https:\/\/wapp.capitol.tn.gov\/apps\/BillInfo\/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1861\">passed<\/a> 26-5 in the state Senate and will now go before Gov. Bill Lee (R) for approval. Lee has not publicly said if he supported the legislation, though he signed a bill last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/03\/28\/tennessee-bans-transgender-athletes-from-participating-in-girls-sports\/\">banning<\/a> transgender athletes from participating in girls\u2019 sports, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/transgender-athlete-penalty-bill-heads-to-governors-desk\/2022\/04\/11\/fab6bb34-b9e8-11ec-a92d-c763de818c21_story.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_16073090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/03\/wi\/ap\/22\/transgender-sports-tennessee-tennessee-gov-bill-lee-speaks-reporters-tuesday-jan-19-2021-nashville.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16073090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/transgender-sports-tennessee-tennessee-gov-bill-lee-speaks-reporters-tuesday-jan-19-2021-nashville-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks to reporters Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Nashville, TN. Tennessee\u2019s GOP-led Statehouse has given final passage to a bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in girls\u2019 sports. (AP Photo\/Mark Humphrey)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>That ban, which is currently in effect, is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit \u201cchallenging its constitutionality,\u201d and the trial is expected to start in March of next year, the report states. SB1861 would penalize public schools for bowing to the transgender activist agenda. The bill\u2019s sponsor, Republican Sen. Joey Hensley, said the measure is meant to further protect students.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat this bill does is put teeth in that legislation,\u201d Hensley said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Under the proposed law, Tennessee\u2019s Department of Education would be directed to \u201cwithhold a portion of the state education finance funds\u201d if the public middle or high school \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wapp.capitol.tn.gov\/apps\/BillInfo\/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1861\">refused<\/a> to determine a student\u2019s gender, for purposes of participation in schools sports, by the student\u2019s sex at the time of birth\u2026,\u201d according to bill\u2019s\u00a0text.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe measure does not specify exactly how much money should be withheld by the state,\u201d the <em>Post<\/em> reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Republican-supermajority Senate also approved a bill that would prohibit men who identify as women from participating in women\u2019s college sports. That legislation must go to the state House for further consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Besides signing the transgender athletes ban last year, Gov. Lee has signed a few other pieces of legislation that protect women and young children from the transgender activist agenda. In May of 2021, Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/17\/tennessee-governor-signs-law-bill-require-spaces-preserved-biological-sexes\/\">signed<\/a> a bill into law that separates private spaces such as bathrooms and locker rooms for use by individuals according to their birth sex. Lee also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/20\/tennessee-gov-bill-lee-signs-law-prohibit-hormone-treatment-surgery-minors\/\">signed<\/a> a bill that same month that prohibits performing sex-change surgeries and prescribing hormones and puberty blockers for minors.<\/p>\n<p><em>Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katherineeeeee2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican-controlled Tennessee state legislature approved a bill that would further protect girls\u2019 sports from pro-transgender administrators and coaches in the state\u2019s schools. 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