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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, adds private employers to the types of employers subject to the requirements of the Healthy Workplace Act; clarifies that the Healthy Workplace Act does not create a cause of action against an employer who does not adopt the model policy created by TACIR or adopt a policy that conforms to the requirements set out in TACIR'S policy. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1."
+description: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, adds private employers to the types of employers subject to the requirements of the Healthy Workplace Act; clarifies that the Healthy Workplace Act does not create a cause of action against an employer who does not adopt the model policy created by TACIR or adopt a policy that conforms to the requirements set out in TACIR'S policy. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 815"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 815 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "Parkinson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-02-05"
+last_action: "2019-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3d43948-c71e-4395-b690-238a0a41397b"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0815&GA=111"
+source_hash: "f632cf652450de7acbd8ea2122f5f40619d8caa5e5bbf42e2f0054d2382e1e54"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 815 (111) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, adds private employers to the types of employers subject to the requirements of the Healthy Workplace Act; clarifies that the Healthy Workplace Act does not create a cause of action against an employer who does not adopt the model policy created by TACIR or adopt a policy that conforms to the requirements set out in TACIR'S policy. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0092** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0092.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0243.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0815.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE EMPLOYEE AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/12/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Akbari — primary (person)
+- Parkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
+- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Employee Affairs Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
+- **2019-03-05** Action Def. in s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee to 3/12/2019
+- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Employee Affairs Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
+- **2019-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/18/2019
+- **2019-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
+- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
+- **2019-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2019-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0092) `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
+- **2019-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2019-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
+- **2019-04-08** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0243)
+- **2019-04-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2019-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2019-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 214
+- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 214
+- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2019
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3d43948-c71e-4395-b690-238a0a41397b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+