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Bill 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. 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. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 111 HB 856 Tennessee HB 856 (111)
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Tennessee HB 856 (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
  2. Amendment SA0243 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2019 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • 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 (2) — 80 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — 330 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE EMPLOYEE AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/12/2019 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower

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 P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee referral-committee
  • 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor 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 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2019-03-26 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
  • 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 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.
  • 2019-04-08 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 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 Pub. Ch. 214
  • 2019-05-01 Effective date(s) 04/23/2019
  • 2019-05-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 214

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d41d47c-12fa-4ace-a066-36cc19edfd62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).