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Bill Employees, Employers - As enacted, allows for eligible employees to be absent 4 weeks from work following a living organ donation surgery; requires the department of health to create living organ donor informational material and make such material available on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 68. Employees, Employers - As enacted, allows for eligible employees to be absent 4 weeks from work following a living organ donation surgery; requires the department of health to create living organ donor informational material and make such material available on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 68. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 579 Tennessee SB 579 (114)
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5 32 4 2025-01-30 2026-04-28 openstates ocd-bill/f7e8e762-4285-4331-a8e7-a0ecf07a1a98 https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0579&ga=114 1058145c97a2c5c9dcbb13020f2899a957e7e0b7f6ffbfc9f0b76cbb710973b3 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Tennessee SB 579 (114) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, allows for eligible employees to be absent 4 weeks from work following a living organ donation surgery; requires the department of health to create living organ donor informational material and make such material available on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0607 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA0608 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0241 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment SA0655 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/19/2026 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/10/2026 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2026 Passed — 900 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee 3/25/2025 Failed — 18 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

  • Akbari — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-02-12 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-11 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
  • 2025-03-13 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
  • 2025-03-18 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/25/2025
  • 2025-03-18 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-03-19 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
  • 2025-03-25 Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
  • 2026-02-24 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
  • 2026-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-03 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/10/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/10/2026
  • 2026-03-10 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2026-03-17 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/19/2026
  • 2026-03-19 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2026-03-19 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-19 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2026-03-19 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0241)
  • 2026-03-19 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0655)
  • 2026-03-23 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2026-04-08 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2026-04-08 Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 5 passage
  • 2026-04-08 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0608) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2026-04-08 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0607) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2026-04-08 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2026-04-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-14 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-15 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-23 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-04-28 Effective date(s) 04/23/2026
  • 2026-04-28 Pub. Ch. 779

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7e8e762-4285-4331-a8e7-a0ecf07a1a98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).