This bill prohibits this state and its political subdivisions from adopting or implementing policy recommendations that deliberately or inadvertently infringe or restrict private property rights without due process, as may be required by policy recommendations originating in, or traceable to, Agenda 21 as adopted by the United Nations in 1992 at its Conference on Environment and Development, or any other international law or ancillary plan of action that contravenes the constitution of the United States or the constitution of this state.
This bill further prohibits this state and its political subdivisions from entering into an agreement, expending any sum of money, or providing financial aid to those non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations accredited and enlisted by the United Nations to assist in the implementation of its policies relative to Agenda 21.
ON APRIL 17, 2023, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1147, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #1 adds the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the U.N.'s proposal to reach net zero emissions by 2050 to the list of international laws and plans that Tennessee and its political subdivisions must not adopt or implement in contravention of private property rights or enter agreements with, provide financial aid to, or spend money with nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations that have been enlisted by the U.N. to assist in the implementation thereof.