2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

HB0427: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 68, relative to living organ donation.

Legislative Summary

As introduced, allows for eligible employees to be absent 12 weeks from work following a living organ donation surgery; prohibits insurers from denying coverage or varying any term or condition of a life insurance policy, disability insurance policy, or long-term care insurance policy based solely on the person's status as a living organ donor; 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.

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Bill History

1/28/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
3/12/2025
6
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/28/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Harold Love
Harold Love
Democrat

Documents

Draft
Bill Text1/30/202514.4 KB
Draft
Bill Text1/28/202514.3 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/23/2025118.1 KB