republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-379.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Employees, Employers - As enacted, authorizes a county, municipal, or metropolitan government to seek an injunction against a person who harasses an employee of the county, municipal, or metropolitan government, or any agency thereof, if the harassment related to the person's status as an employee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 50.	Employees, Employers - As enacted, authorizes a county, municipal, or metropolitan government to seek an injunction against a person who harasses an employee of the county, municipal, or metropolitan government, or any agency thereof, if the harassment related to the person's status as an employee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 50.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 379	Tennessee SB 379 (111)	bill	Employees Employers	enacted	Jernigan Yarbro	2	47	7	2019-01-23	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/a7f12a5b-b18d-48df-a673-de577fad0dc6	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0379&GA=111	7916db411920a61f0cf28700bb34460034e970a7ec0478563f05fd6bc13eaf07	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 379 (111) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, authorizes a county, municipal, or metropolitan government to seek an injunction against a person who harasses an employee of the county, municipal, or metropolitan government, or any agency thereof, if the harassment related to the person's status as an employee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 50.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment SA0329 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/12/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/24/2019 Passed — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/29/2019 Passed — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/16/2019 Passed (1) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jernigan — primary (person)
• Yarbro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-23 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-28 P2C, ref. to Local Committee referral-committee
• 2019-01-30 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-04 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-06 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2019-02-06 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/12/2019
• 2019-02-12 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
• 2019-02-12 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-13 Placed on cal. Local Committee for 2/20/2019
• 2019-02-19 Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee to 3/5/2019
• 2019-02-20 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-12 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-12 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-19 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-19 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-26 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
• 2019-04-02 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-02 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-09 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-09 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-10 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
• 2019-04-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-16 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-17 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-17 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-18 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-22 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019
• 2019-04-24 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-24 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/29/19
• 2019-04-24 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-24 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0329)
• 2019-04-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-29 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-04-29 H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 97, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0108
• 2019-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-02 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-10 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 331
• 2019-05-15 Pub. Ch. 331
• 2019-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7f12a5b-b18d-48df-a673-de577fad0dc6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).