ARGH!! TN Senate Approves Bill To Warn Students That Hand-Holding Is A ‘Gateway Sexual Activity’

[Ms. Toad]

39. Here is the actual definition - no hand holding or kissing I can find..

“Gateway sexual activity” means sexual contact encouraging an individual to engage in a non-abstinent behavior

SB 3310, Section 2, Paragraph 7.

I've seen several articles saying the bill specifically defines hand holding and kissing as gateway sexual activities, but have been unable to find actual links (or specific references to the provision that does this). I did a word search on both the house and senate versions of the bill, and all three senate amendments and cannot find the word "hand" or "kiss" in any of them.

Anyone have an actual link?

(I am not saying the bill is a good thing - it stinks. But if we're ridiculing it because it bans demonstrating hand holding as a gateway sexual activity, we better be able to point to that provision of the bill.)

ETA: Sexual contact is only defined one place I can find in Tennessee statues - in the context of sexual abuse of a minor or of an inmate or parolee by an agent of the corrections system, "sexual contact" means "intentionally touches or kisses the minor's lips with the defendant's lips if such touching can be reasonably construed as being for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification." (TCA 39-13-501, 39-16-408, and 39-16-409)