Tennessee House Bill 744 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-01 - Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, requires an employer to permit an employee who is a local elected official to leave work in order to perform the duties of the elected office; requires the employer to permit the employee to use the employee’s available paid time off for that purpose if the employee elects to do so; permits an employer to require the employee to submit a written statement from a local elections official to verify that the employee is a local elected official. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8 and Title 50, relative to employment.

Rep. Bo Mitchell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-01	House	Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
2023-02-01	House	P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
2023-01-30	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-27	House	Filed for introduction

SB1022 (Crossfiled) 2023-02-06 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0744&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0744.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0744.pdf