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TN HB2089
Bill
Status
3/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Dennis Powers
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AI Summary
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Designates November 7 of each year as "Victims of Communism Day" to be recognized by all LEAs and public charter schools in Tennessee
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Requires at least 45 minutes of instruction on suffering under communist regimes for high school students enrolled in world history and geography courses
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Mandates instruction cover topics such as poverty, starvation, migration, systematic violence, and suppression of speech under communist rule
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Specifies instruction must address at least one of five topics: Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, Stalin's Soviet System, Castro's Cuban Revolution, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, or Maduro's Chavismo movement
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Takes effect upon becoming law and applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year
Legislative Description
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to victims of communism.
Education
Last Action
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
3/12/2026