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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees - As enacted, replaces the awarding of treble damages under the Public Employee Political Freedom Act of 1980 with the awarding of compensatory damages. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 6."
description: "Public Employees - As enacted, replaces the awarding of treble damages under the Public Employee Political Freedom Act of 1980 with the awarding of compensatory damages. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 569"
citation: "Tennessee SB 569 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Bricken"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/559f9a54-c883-4a47-bea0-5e62c2f74cf1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0569&GA=111"
source_hash: "f2a289621630794b374977fbcce7bb38753fcd1447ff6cff290ece8d7939c645"
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 569 (111) — Public Employees - As enacted, replaces the awarding of treble damages under the Public Employee Political Freedom Act of 1980 with the awarding of compensatory damages. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 6.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0247.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0123.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0401** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0401.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0569.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **6327** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/19/2019 Passed (3) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
- Bricken — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action def. in State Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-19** Action def. in State Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action def. in State Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 63, Nays 27, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0247) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-17** Re-refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0401)
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0123)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 446
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 446
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/22/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/559f9a54-c883-4a47-bea0-5e62c2f74cf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).