Tennessee Senate Bill 2156 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-01 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Pending: Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires an employer with a policy requiring employees to receive a medical procedure to provide an exemption and reasonable accommodations to each employee who refuses to receive the medical procedure based on the employee's religious beliefs; defines "medical procedure" as any drug, device, or product for which use is authorized by an emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and includes the COVID-19 vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 14 and Title 50.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 14 and Title 50, relative to civil rights.

Sen. Joseph Hensley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-01	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
2022-02-22	Senate	Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
2022-02-03	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
2022-02-02	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2022-01-31	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2117 (Crossfiled) 2022-03-01 - Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2156&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2156.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/HB2117.pdf