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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "Tennessee SB 379 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7f12a5b-b18d-48df-a673-de577fad0dc6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0379&GA=111"
source_hash: "7916db411920a61f0cf28700bb34460034e970a7ec0478563f05fd6bc13eaf07"
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 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0329.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0379.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/12/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/24/2019 Passed — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/29/2019 Passed — **970** (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) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **940** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7f12a5b-b18d-48df-a673-de577fad0dc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).