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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "Tennessee SB 579 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7e8e762-4285-4331-a8e7-a0ecf07a1a98"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0579&ga=114"
source_hash: "1058145c97a2c5c9dcbb13020f2899a957e7e0b7f6ffbfc9f0b76cbb710973b3"
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 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](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0607.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0608** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0608.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0241.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0655** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0655.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0579.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7e8e762-4285-4331-a8e7-a0ecf07a1a98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).