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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "111"
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identifier: "HB 389"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 389 (111)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Helton", "Watson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-30"
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last_action: "2019-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f65611d-be06-427c-970b-d4469ab3ee79"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0389&GA=111"
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source_hash: "7728f8ae4df8e1ab0f6c0ed03143ef1c67806509a38cf92ddd2a0fc9454513eb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 389 (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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0145.pdf)
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2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0389.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2019 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2019 Passed (2) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/25/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE EMPLOYEE AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/19/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Helton — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2019-02-04** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
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- **2019-02-06** Assigned to s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
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- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Employee Affairs Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
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- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/18/2019
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- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2019-03-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/25/2019
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- **2019-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2019-03-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
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- **2019-04-11** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/18/2019
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- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
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- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
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- **2019-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/19
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- **2019-04-22** Reset on next avail. cal.
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- **2019-04-23** Reset on cal. for 4/30/2019
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- **2019-04-30** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2019-04-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2019-04-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0145) `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-30** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2019-05-01** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0145) `passage`
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- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 5/1/2019
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- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2019-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2019-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 373
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- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 373
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- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f65611d-be06-427c-970b-d4469ab3ee79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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