Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 579: Employees, Employers - As enacted, allows for eligible employees to be absent four 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.

Enacted Last action April 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 779

Plain-language summary

SB 579 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Employees, Employers - As enacted, allows for eligible employees to be absent four 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. Primary sponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2026): Pub. Ch. 779.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic).