Two Metro Council committees approve online-extremism youth education bill with a substitute
BL2026-1450 cleared Budget and Finance and Public Health and Safety on Oct. 5 and 6 and is on the Oct. 20 Council agenda.
NASHVILLE - Two Metro Council committees approved BL2026-1450, an ordinance on online extremist content that targets young people, with a substitute, according to the Legistar legislative record. Budget and Finance acted Oct. 5 and Public Health and Safety acted Oct. 6.
The bill directs the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department and the Mayor's Office, through the Office of Youth Safety, to jointly develop an education and information-sharing initiative on the threat. It requests coordination from Metro Nashville Public Schools.
The bill was filed June 30 and passed first reading July 7. Council deferred it July 21, Sept. 1 and Oct. 6, each time on a motion by Council Member Mike Cortese, the first-listed sponsor. Its Council agenda date is now Oct. 20, at second reading. The record does not show the substitute's text.
Source: Metro Council Legistar record for BL2026-1450 (https://webapi.legistar.com/v1/nashville/matters/20858) and its action history; Public Health and Safety Committee meeting page, Oct. 6, 2026.