republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-312.md

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Bill	Employees, Employers - As enacted, prohibits a medical review officer from considering prescriptions issued more than six months prior to a positive confirmed drug result for purposes of determining a valid prescription and immunity from actions authorized for employers to take against employees and job applicants following such a result under drug-free workplace program. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50.	Employees, Employers - As enacted, prohibits a medical review officer from considering prescriptions issued more than six months prior to a positive confirmed drug result for purposes of determining a valid prescription and immunity from actions authorized for employers to take against employees and job applicants following such a result under drug-free workplace program. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 312	Tennessee SB 312 (111)	bill	Employees Employers	enacted	Helton Watson	2	38	7	2019-01-30	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/17478fc6-cd5c-43cd-a435-26b24c582d2f	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0312&GA=111	5f5ccb6964ce8bb9afcbeb65a03663bc68379900a36cecd52109825ee2f0a957	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 312 (111) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, prohibits a medical review officer from considering prescriptions issued more than six months prior to a positive confirmed drug result for purposes of determining a valid prescription and immunity from actions authorized for employers to take against employees and job applicants following such a result under drug-free workplace program. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0145 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE EMPLOYEE AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/19/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 5/1/2019 Passed — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/25/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2019 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Helton — primary (person)
• Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-30 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-01-31 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-04 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2019-02-04 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Assigned to s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-12 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Employee Affairs Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-15 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/18/2019
• 2019-03-18 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-03-19 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-19 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/25/2019
• 2019-03-21 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-25 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
• 2019-04-11 Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
• 2019-04-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/19
• 2019-04-22 Reset on next avail. cal.
• 2019-04-23 Reset on cal. for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-30 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0145) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-30 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-30 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-05-01 Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0145) passage
• 2019-05-01 Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 5/1/2019
• 2019-05-02 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-02 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-02 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-05-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-05-10 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-15 Pub. Ch. 373
• 2019-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
• 2019-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 373

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17478fc6-cd5c-43cd-a435-26b24c582d2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).