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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 Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

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.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Raumesh AkbariPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate29

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Pub. Ch. 779
  2. Effective date(s) 04/23/2026
  3. Signed by Governor.
  4. Transmitted to Governor for action.
  5. Signed by H. Speaker
  6. Signed by Senate Speaker
  7. Subst. for comp. HB.
  8. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0607)
  9. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0608)
  10. Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 5
  11. Enrolled and ready for signatures
  12. Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Showing 12 most recent of 32 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source