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TN SB2168

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/2/2026

Primary Sponsor

Ken Yager

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Origin

Senate

114th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Designates November 7 of each year as "Victims of Communism Day" to be recognized by all LEAs and public charter schools in Tennessee

  • Requires at least 45 minutes of instruction for high school students enrolled in world history and geography courses on how victims suffered under communist regimes, covering poverty, starvation, migration, systematic violence, and suppression of speech

  • Instruction must cover at least one of five specified topics: Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution, Joseph Stalin and the Soviet System, Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, or Nicolás Maduro and the Chavismo movement

  • If November 7 falls on a non-instructional day, the required instruction must be provided on the next scheduled class day for the course

  • 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

Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/18/2026

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Education2/5/2026

Full Bill Text

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