---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing the use of leave by state employees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 54."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing the use of leave by state employees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 54."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2379"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2379 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powell", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/468fe701-195d-4a1d-bc11-4b80ca3f35ac"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2379&GA=110"
source_hash: "eae2d8e586ffd570632d14888cabb5977b37372fcc422948c2d30408dc8c6acd"
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 2379 (110) — State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing the use of leave by state employees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 54.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB2379.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Powell — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2018-03-14** Sponsor change.
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Sponsor change.
- **2018-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Reset on cal. for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1129) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar 4/17/18
- **2018-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1089)
- **2018-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0980)
- **2018-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 907
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 907
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/468fe701-195d-4a1d-bc11-4b80ca3f35ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).