TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 14, 2017
A resolution criticizing California’s travel ban to Tennessee passed the state Senate last night, the Times Free Press reports. The updated version of Sen. Mike Bell’s (R-Riceville) bill removed language calling for a reciprocal ban. Tennessee was among four states – the others being North Carolina, Mississippi and Kansas – to which the California government banned all state-sponsored travel for passing discriminatory laws against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.