| Bill Number | Composite Abstract | Last Action | Date |
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HB0013 by Baum
SB0113 by Watson | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Retirement Savings Plan Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 50. | HB0013: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee SB0113: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee | 3/21/2023 1/20/2023 |
HB0073 by Lamberth
SB0254 by Johnson | Employees, Employers - As introduced, updates the maximum potential penalties for violations of the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Act to match those allowed under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 3, Part 4. | HB0073: Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0254: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 1/12/2023 1/21/2023 |
HB0133 by Lamberth
SB0145 by Walley | Employees, Employers - As enacted, changes from April to March, the month in which certain nominating petitions need to be filed. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8. | HB0133: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 822 SB0145: Effective date(s) 11/06/2024 | 5/9/2024 5/9/2024 |
HB0382 by Carr
SB1360 by Southerland | Employees, Employers - As introduced, entitles criminal investigators hired on or after July 1, 1994, to be compensated at a rate equal to 35 percent of the annual compensation of the district attorney general, with compensation rate increases for 20 years until the compensation rate equals 55 percent of the annual compensation of the district attorney general. - Amends TCA Section 8-7-230. | HB0382: Withdrawn. SB1360: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee | 1/30/2023 2/6/2023 |
HB0417 by Hemmer
SB0383 by Oliver | Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits an employer from asking for or requiring a prospective employee to provide the prospective employee's compensation history; requires an employer to provide notice to the employer's employees of employment advancement opportunities and openings; establishes other related requirements and rights. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 50. | HB0417: Def. to Summer Study in Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee SB0383: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 3/12/2024 1/26/2023 |
HB0596 by Powell
SB0647 by Lamar | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "No Quit Act"; requires an employer that is requesting an employee to voluntarily resign to provide the employee with written notice of the rights, privileges, and benefits the employee waives or loses if the employee voluntarily resigns. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50. | HB0596: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee SB0647: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/1/2023 3/14/2023 |
HB0609 by Hawk
SB0454 by Watson | Employees, Employers - As enacted, authorizes the issuance of an insurance policy that an employer may offer to an employee for the purpose of providing family leave benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 56. | HB0609: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 91 SB0454: Effective date(s) 03/31/2023; 01/01/2024 | 4/18/2023 4/18/2023 |
HB0637 by Barrett
SB1109 by Bowling | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires an employer that requires an immunization as a condition of employment or continued employment to exempt from the immunization requirement a person who files a signed, written statement that the immunization conflicts with the person’s religious tenets or practices; prohibits an employer from taking adverse action against a person who files a statement of religious objection. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 14; Title 37; Title 50 and Title 68. | HB0637: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee SB1109: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 3/21/2023 3/20/2023 |
HB0664 by Hicks T
SB0665 by Gardenhire | Employees, Employers - As introduced, revises provisions governing criminal history checks of certain persons who come in direct contact with school children or children in a child care program, or who enter the grounds of a school or child care center while children are present. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-413. | HB0664: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration SB0665: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 3/19/2024 3/22/2023 |
HB0673 by Johnson G
SB0390 by Oliver | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Family Insurance Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 50. | HB0673: Failed in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee SB0390: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee - no second | 3/21/2023 3/20/2023 |
HB0693 by Parkinson
SB0909 by Niceley | Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits an appointing authority from entering a government employee's private property or residence without written consent from the employee. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50. | HB0693: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee SB0909: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 3/23/2023 3/21/2023 |
HB0744 by Mitchell
SB1022 by Campbell | Employees, Employers - 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. | HB0744: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee SB1022: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/1/2023 2/6/2023 |
HB0774 by Moon
SB0681 by Reeves | Employees, Employers - As enacted, enacts the "Protecting Tennessee Businesses and Workers Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50. | HB0774: Effective date(s) 04/28/2023 SB0681: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 309 | 5/3/2023 5/3/2023 |
HB0819 by Chism
SB0940 by Oliver | Employees, Employers - As introduced, changes, from $7.25 to $12, the minimum hourly wage for employees within the state. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-203; Title 12 and Title 50, Chapter 2. | HB0819: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee SB0940: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/7/2023 3/14/2023 |
HB0838 by Lynn
SB1180 by Swann | Employees, Employers - As introduced, changes, from December 31 to December 15, the date by which the bureau of workers' compensation must produce a report listing the name of each covered employer that failed, during the preceding fiscal year, to provide workers' compensation coverage or qualify as a self-insured employer. - Amends TCA Title 50. | HB0838: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1180: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/2/2023 2/6/2023 |
HB0983 by Sexton
SB1458 by White | Employees, Employers - As enacted, requires local education agencies (LEAs) to provide licensed employees of the LEA 6 paid workweeks after a birth or stillbirth of the employee's child or employee's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49. | HB0983: Effective date(s) 05/11/2023 SB1458: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 399 | 5/19/2023 5/19/2023 |
HB1060 by Boyd
SB1285 by Stevens | Employees, Employers - As enacted, makes changes to the Tennessee Employment Security Law relative to benefit eligibility conditions, disqualifications events, and methods for employers to report certain conduct of claimants. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68. | HB1060: Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 SB1285: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 403 | 5/19/2023 5/19/2023 |
HB1263 by Travis
SB0850 by Watson | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires the department of labor and workforce development to conduct a study of the Child Labor Act of 1976 and the Tennessee Protection of Minor Performers Act, and to report its findings to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the speaker of the senate, and the legislative librarian no later than December 1, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50. | HB1263: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0850: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/2/2023 3/20/2023 |
HB1336 by Camper
SB1053 by Yarbro | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Workers Need Child Care Act"; establishes the child care infrastructure fund from which the department of economic and community development disperses grants to nonprofit entities for establishing new licensed child care agencies in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 37 and Title 71. | HB1336: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee SB1053: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2024 | 2/16/2024 4/19/2024 |
HB1467 by Towns
SB1263 by Akbari | Employees, Employers - As introduced, permits an injured employee to choose a treating physician in any specialty and makes various other changes related to the selection of treating physicians for injured workers under the Workers’ Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Title 50. | HB1467: Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to Worker's Compensation Advisory Council SB1263: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/6/2024 3/21/2023 |
HB1473 by Camper
SB1342 by Lamar | Employees, Employers - As introduced, decreases the time within which a hearing concerning a punitive employment action against a law enforcement officer must be set following a request for such hearing from 14 days to 10 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 38; Title 41; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 50. | HB1473: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee SB1342: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee | 3/12/2024 3/29/2023 |
HB1502 by McKenzie
SB1028 by Yarbro | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 50 and Title 56. | HB1502: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee SB1028: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/20/2024 2/6/2023 |
HB1518 by Shaw
SB1015 by Campbell | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Family Caregiver Antidiscrimination Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50. | HB1518: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee SB1015: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 3/14/2023 3/14/2023 |
HB1694 by Lamberth
SB2094 by Johnson | Employees, Employers - As enacted, requires an employer to report to the bureau of workers’ compensation each accident that results in a work-related death or personal injury within 14 calendar days of the date the employer is notified of the accident or has knowledge of the accident, whichever is earlier, instead of reporting accidents at different intervals based upon the nature of the injury and whether the injured employee is able to return within seven days of the accident; and makes other changes relative to workers’ compensation. - Amends TCA Section 50-3-702; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Chapter 189 of the Public Acts of 2021. | HB1694: Effective date(s) 06/30/2024, 07/01/2024 SB2094: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 532 | 3/19/2024 3/19/2024 |
HB1721 by Gillespie
SB2575 by Taylor | Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits a merchant from taking adverse employment action against an employee based solely on the employee reporting theft of merchandise or organized retail crime to law enforcement; defines "adverse employment action" as dismissing, demoting, suspending, reducing compensation, or transferring an employee for punitive reasons. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 50. | HB1721: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee SB2575: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 3/12/2024 3/12/2024 |
HB2059 by Hicks T
SB1853 by Lowe | Employees, Employers - As enacted, increases from three to six the maximum number of credits a student may earn in a work-based learning program in one school year; reduces from 10 to 5 hours per week, the amount of time of supervised work experience required for each additional credit earned; removes minimum of hours per week required for two additional credits. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2059: Effective date(s) 03/07/2024 SB1853: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 543 | 3/19/2024 3/19/2024 |
HB2084 by Jones
SB1982 by Lamar | Employees, Employers - As introduced, specifies that a person commits the offense of wage theft who, acting as an employer, hires an employee and intentionally does not pay the employee for the services the employee provides, at the minimum wage rate required under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, this state's law, or the employment agreement between the employer and employee, whichever is greater, and at the interval required by those laws or agreement, whichever is more frequent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 39, Chapter 14 and Title 50, Chapter 2. | HB2084: No Action Taken SB1982: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee | 3/19/2024 1/29/2024 |
HB2110 by Boyd
SB2027 by Reeves | Employees, Employers - As enacted, clarifies that under this state's law relative to wage regulations, the term "work" has the same meaning as interpreted by the United States supreme court for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947; makes additional changes relative to wage regulations. - Amends TCA Title 50. | HB2110: Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 SB2027: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 623 | 4/3/2024 4/3/2024 |
HB2131 by Powers
SB2143 by Reeves | Employees, Employers - As introduced, removes an outdated provision that required the department of labor and workforce development, on or before January 1, 2014, to report to the commerce and labor committee of the senate and the business and utilities committee of the house of representatives concerning the department's findings and recommendations concerning the Tennessee works pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50. | HB2131: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2143: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 1/31/2024 2/1/2024 |
HB2298 by Zachary
SB2919 by Bailey | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires a hospital that employs a physician to maintain a copy of an agreement specifying restrictions on physician referral decisions in its medical records department during the course of the physician's employment. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68. | HB2298: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee SB2919: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 | 3/19/2024 3/13/2024 |
HB2396 by Harris
SB2409 by Lamar | Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases the minimum hourly wage for food delivery employees within this state from $7.25 to $12. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12 and Title 50. | HB2396: Failed in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee SB2409: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 3/12/2024 2/1/2024 |
HB2556 by Shaw
SB1817 by Kyle | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires the bureau of workers compensation to publish the annual report of its review on the impact of the Workers' Compensation Reform Act of 2013 on its website. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50. | HB2556: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1817: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/1/2024 1/25/2024 |
HB2592 by Powers
SB2893 by Niceley | Employees, Employers - As introduced, removes the requirement that, no later than December 31, 2021, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, submit to the U.S. secretary of labor and the administrator of the national office of apprenticeship, an application to recognize the Tennessee office of apprenticeship as a state apprenticeship agency pursuant to federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50. | HB2592: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2893: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/5/2024 2/5/2024 |
HB2602 by Johnson G
SB2646 by Kyle | Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases the hourly minimum wage to $20.00, or the federal minimum wage established pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, whichever rate is greater. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23; Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 50, Chapter 2. | HB2602: Failed in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee SB2646: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee / no second | 3/12/2024 3/12/2024 |
HB2662 by Holsclaw
SB2420 by Crowe | Employees, Employers - As introduced, permits retired members of the TCRS to work in excess of the 120-day limit and continue to draw a person's retirement allowance if the person is employed in a public school system as a substitute teacher, a teacher, or a school bus driver and the respective director of the school system certifies that no other qualified personnel are available for the position during that period. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Title 49. | HB2662: Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee SB2420: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee | 2/7/2024 2/1/2024 |
HB2697 by Moody
SB2655 by White | Employees, Employers - As enacted, requires public charter schools to provide educators six work weeks of paid leave after the birth or stillbirth of the educator's child or after the educator's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. | HB2697: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 875 SB2655: Effective date(s) 05/01/2024 | 5/13/2024 5/13/2024 |
HB2740 by Glynn
SB2872 by Akbari | Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases, from 14 to 15, the number of calendar days within which a person must accept or reject, in writing, an offer of employment as a teacher made between April 1 and June 1, including offers made on April 1, but excluding offers made on June 1. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. | HB2740: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2872: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/5/2024 2/5/2024 |
HB2772 by Cochran
SB2545 by Lowe | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to report to the finance, ways and means committee of the senate and the finance, ways and means committee of the house of representatives on the utilization of funds for the Tennessee job skills program, administered by the department of economic and community development, by February 1 annually. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68. | HB2772: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2545: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/5/2024 3/12/2024 |
HB2830 by Camper
SB2470 by Akbari | Employees, Employers - As introduced, allows employers and public institutions of higher education in this state to establish, maintain, and implement policies, practices, and requirements designed to safeguard employees, applicants for employment, students, faculty, and staff from discrimination based on race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity, which may be developed and administered through an office of diversity, equity, and inclusion. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 50. | HB2830: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee SB2470: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/7/2024 2/1/2024 |
SB0113 by Watson
HB0013 by Baum | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Retirement Savings Plan Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 50. | SB0113: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee HB0013: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee | 1/20/2023 3/21/2023 |
SB0145 by Walley
HB0133 by Lamberth | Employees, Employers - As enacted, changes from April to March, the month in which certain nominating petitions need to be filed. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8. | SB0145: Effective date(s) 11/06/2024 HB0133: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 822 | 5/9/2024 5/9/2024 |
SB0254 by Johnson
HB0073 by Lamberth | Employees, Employers - As introduced, updates the maximum potential penalties for violations of the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Act to match those allowed under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 3, Part 4. | SB0254: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB0073: Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 1/21/2023 1/12/2023 |
SB0383 by Oliver
HB0417 by Hemmer | Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits an employer from asking for or requiring a prospective employee to provide the prospective employee's compensation history; requires an employer to provide notice to the employer's employees of employment advancement opportunities and openings; establishes other related requirements and rights. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 50. | SB0383: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB0417: Def. to Summer Study in Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee | 1/26/2023 3/12/2024 |
SB0390 by Oliver
HB0673 by Johnson G | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Family Insurance Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 50. | SB0390: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee - no second HB0673: Failed in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee | 3/20/2023 3/21/2023 |
SB0454 by Watson
HB0609 by Hawk | Employees, Employers - As enacted, authorizes the issuance of an insurance policy that an employer may offer to an employee for the purpose of providing family leave benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 56. | SB0454: Effective date(s) 03/31/2023; 01/01/2024 HB0609: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 91 | 4/18/2023 4/18/2023 |
SB0647 by Lamar
HB0596 by Powell | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "No Quit Act"; requires an employer that is requesting an employee to voluntarily resign to provide the employee with written notice of the rights, privileges, and benefits the employee waives or loses if the employee voluntarily resigns. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50. | SB0647: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB0596: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee | 3/14/2023 2/1/2023 |
SB0665 by Gardenhire
HB0664 by Hicks T | Employees, Employers - As introduced, revises provisions governing criminal history checks of certain persons who come in direct contact with school children or children in a child care program, or who enter the grounds of a school or child care center while children are present. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-413. | SB0665: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0664: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration | 3/22/2023 3/19/2024 |
SB0681 by Reeves
HB0774 by Moon | Employees, Employers - As enacted, enacts the "Protecting Tennessee Businesses and Workers Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50. | SB0681: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 309 HB0774: Effective date(s) 04/28/2023 | 5/3/2023 5/3/2023 |
SB0742 by Kyle
by | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Pay Equality Act" to revise present law concerning sex-based discrimination in compensation for employment. - Amends TCA Title 50. | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/6/2023 |
SB0850 by Watson
HB1263 by Travis | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires the department of labor and workforce development to conduct a study of the Child Labor Act of 1976 and the Tennessee Protection of Minor Performers Act, and to report its findings to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the speaker of the senate, and the legislative librarian no later than December 1, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50. | SB0850: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB1263: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/20/2023 2/2/2023 |
SB0909 by Niceley
HB0693 by Parkinson | Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits an appointing authority from entering a government employee's private property or residence without written consent from the employee. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50. | SB0909: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB0693: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee | 3/21/2023 3/23/2023 |
SB0940 by Oliver
HB0819 by Chism | Employees, Employers - As introduced, changes, from $7.25 to $12, the minimum hourly wage for employees within the state. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-203; Title 12 and Title 50, Chapter 2. | SB0940: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB0819: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee | 3/14/2023 2/7/2023 |
SB1015 by Campbell
HB1518 by Shaw | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Family Caregiver Antidiscrimination Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50. | SB1015: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB1518: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee | 3/14/2023 3/14/2023 |
SB1022 by Campbell
HB0744 by Mitchell | Employees, Employers - 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. | SB1022: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB0744: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee | 2/6/2023 2/1/2023 |
SB1028 by Yarbro
HB1502 by McKenzie | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 50 and Title 56. | SB1028: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB1502: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee | 2/6/2023 2/20/2024 |
SB1053 by Yarbro
HB1336 by Camper | Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Workers Need Child Care Act"; establishes the child care infrastructure fund from which the department of economic and community development disperses grants to nonprofit entities for establishing new licensed child care agencies in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 37 and Title 71. | SB1053: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2024 HB1336: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee | 4/19/2024 2/16/2024 |
SB1084 by Kyle
by | Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases, from $7.25 to $15, the minimum hourly wage for employees within the state. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-203; Title 12 and Title 50, Chapter 2. | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/6/2023 |
SB1109 by Bowling
HB0637 by Barrett | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires an employer that requires an immunization as a condition of employment or continued employment to exempt from the immunization requirement a person who files a signed, written statement that the immunization conflicts with the person’s religious tenets or practices; prohibits an employer from taking adverse action against a person who files a statement of religious objection. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 14; Title 37; Title 50 and Title 68. | SB1109: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB0637: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee | 3/20/2023 3/21/2023 |
SB1180 by Swann
HB0838 by Lynn | Employees, Employers - As introduced, changes, from December 31 to December 15, the date by which the bureau of workers' compensation must produce a report listing the name of each covered employer that failed, during the preceding fiscal year, to provide workers' compensation coverage or qualify as a self-insured employer. - Amends TCA Title 50. | SB1180: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB0838: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/6/2023 2/2/2023 |
SB1263 by Akbari
HB1467 by Towns | Employees, Employers - As introduced, permits an injured employee to choose a treating physician in any specialty and makes various other changes related to the selection of treating physicians for injured workers under the Workers’ Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Title 50. | SB1263: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB1467: Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to Worker's Compensation Advisory Council | 3/21/2023 2/6/2024 |
SB1285 by Stevens
HB1060 by Boyd | Employees, Employers - As enacted, makes changes to the Tennessee Employment Security Law relative to benefit eligibility conditions, disqualifications events, and methods for employers to report certain conduct of claimants. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68. | SB1285: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 403 HB1060: Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 | 5/19/2023 5/19/2023 |
SB1342 by Lamar
HB1473 by Camper | Employees, Employers - As introduced, decreases the time within which a hearing concerning a punitive employment action against a law enforcement officer must be set following a request for such hearing from 14 days to 10 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 38; Title 41; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 50. | SB1342: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee HB1473: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee | 3/29/2023 3/12/2024 |
SB1360 by Southerland
HB0382 by Carr | Employees, Employers - As introduced, entitles criminal investigators hired on or after July 1, 1994, to be compensated at a rate equal to 35 percent of the annual compensation of the district attorney general, with compensation rate increases for 20 years until the compensation rate equals 55 percent of the annual compensation of the district attorney general. - Amends TCA Section 8-7-230. | SB1360: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee HB0382: Withdrawn. | 2/6/2023 1/30/2023 |
SB1458 by White
HB0983 by Sexton | Employees, Employers - As enacted, requires local education agencies (LEAs) to provide licensed employees of the LEA 6 paid workweeks after a birth or stillbirth of the employee's child or employee's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49. | SB1458: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 399 HB0983: Effective date(s) 05/11/2023 | 5/19/2023 5/19/2023 |
SB1817 by Kyle
HB2556 by Shaw | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires the bureau of workers compensation to publish the annual report of its review on the impact of the Workers' Compensation Reform Act of 2013 on its website. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50. | SB1817: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB2556: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 1/25/2024 2/1/2024 |
SB1853 by Lowe
HB2059 by Hicks T | Employees, Employers - As enacted, increases from three to six the maximum number of credits a student may earn in a work-based learning program in one school year; reduces from 10 to 5 hours per week, the amount of time of supervised work experience required for each additional credit earned; removes minimum of hours per week required for two additional credits. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1853: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 543 HB2059: Effective date(s) 03/07/2024 | 3/19/2024 3/19/2024 |
SB1982 by Lamar
HB2084 by Jones | Employees, Employers - As introduced, specifies that a person commits the offense of wage theft who, acting as an employer, hires an employee and intentionally does not pay the employee for the services the employee provides, at the minimum wage rate required under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, this state's law, or the employment agreement between the employer and employee, whichever is greater, and at the interval required by those laws or agreement, whichever is more frequent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 39, Chapter 14 and Title 50, Chapter 2. | SB1982: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee HB2084: No Action Taken | 1/29/2024 3/19/2024 |
SB2027 by Reeves
HB2110 by Boyd | Employees, Employers - As enacted, clarifies that under this state's law relative to wage regulations, the term "work" has the same meaning as interpreted by the United States supreme court for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947; makes additional changes relative to wage regulations. - Amends TCA Title 50. | SB2027: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 623 HB2110: Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 | 4/3/2024 4/3/2024 |
SB2094 by Johnson
HB1694 by Lamberth | Employees, Employers - As enacted, requires an employer to report to the bureau of workers’ compensation each accident that results in a work-related death or personal injury within 14 calendar days of the date the employer is notified of the accident or has knowledge of the accident, whichever is earlier, instead of reporting accidents at different intervals based upon the nature of the injury and whether the injured employee is able to return within seven days of the accident; and makes other changes relative to workers’ compensation. - Amends TCA Section 50-3-702; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Chapter 189 of the Public Acts of 2021. | SB2094: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 532 HB1694: Effective date(s) 06/30/2024, 07/01/2024 | 3/19/2024 3/19/2024 |
SB2126 by Kyle
by | Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases, from $7.25 to $15, the minimum hourly wage for employees within the state. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-203; Title 12 and Title 50, Chapter 2. | Withdrawn. | 2/2/2024 |
SB2143 by Reeves
HB2131 by Powers | Employees, Employers - As introduced, removes an outdated provision that required the department of labor and workforce development, on or before January 1, 2014, to report to the commerce and labor committee of the senate and the business and utilities committee of the house of representatives concerning the department's findings and recommendations concerning the Tennessee works pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50. | SB2143: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB2131: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/1/2024 1/31/2024 |
SB2409 by Lamar
HB2396 by Harris | Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases the minimum hourly wage for food delivery employees within this state from $7.25 to $12. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12 and Title 50. | SB2409: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB2396: Failed in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee | 2/1/2024 3/12/2024 |
SB2420 by Crowe
HB2662 by Holsclaw | Employees, Employers - As introduced, permits retired members of the TCRS to work in excess of the 120-day limit and continue to draw a person's retirement allowance if the person is employed in a public school system as a substitute teacher, a teacher, or a school bus driver and the respective director of the school system certifies that no other qualified personnel are available for the position during that period. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Title 49. | SB2420: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee HB2662: Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee | 2/1/2024 2/7/2024 |
SB2470 by Akbari
HB2830 by Camper | Employees, Employers - As introduced, allows employers and public institutions of higher education in this state to establish, maintain, and implement policies, practices, and requirements designed to safeguard employees, applicants for employment, students, faculty, and staff from discrimination based on race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity, which may be developed and administered through an office of diversity, equity, and inclusion. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 50. | SB2470: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2830: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee | 2/1/2024 2/7/2024 |
SB2545 by Lowe
HB2772 by Cochran | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to report to the finance, ways and means committee of the senate and the finance, ways and means committee of the house of representatives on the utilization of funds for the Tennessee job skills program, administered by the department of economic and community development, by February 1 annually. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68. | SB2545: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB2772: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/12/2024 2/5/2024 |
SB2575 by Taylor
HB1721 by Gillespie | Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits a merchant from taking adverse employment action against an employee based solely on the employee reporting theft of merchandise or organized retail crime to law enforcement; defines "adverse employment action" as dismissing, demoting, suspending, reducing compensation, or transferring an employee for punitive reasons. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 50. | SB2575: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB1721: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee | 3/12/2024 3/12/2024 |
SB2646 by Kyle
HB2602 by Johnson G | Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases the hourly minimum wage to $20.00, or the federal minimum wage established pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, whichever rate is greater. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23; Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 50, Chapter 2. | SB2646: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee / no second HB2602: Failed in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee | 3/12/2024 3/12/2024 |
SB2655 by White
HB2697 by Moody | Employees, Employers - As enacted, requires public charter schools to provide educators six work weeks of paid leave after the birth or stillbirth of the educator's child or after the educator's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. | SB2655: Effective date(s) 05/01/2024 HB2697: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 875 | 5/13/2024 5/13/2024 |
SB2872 by Akbari
HB2740 by Glynn | Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases, from 14 to 15, the number of calendar days within which a person must accept or reject, in writing, an offer of employment as a teacher made between April 1 and June 1, including offers made on April 1, but excluding offers made on June 1. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. | SB2872: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2740: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/5/2024 2/5/2024 |
SB2893 by Niceley
HB2592 by Powers | Employees, Employers - As introduced, removes the requirement that, no later than December 31, 2021, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, submit to the U.S. secretary of labor and the administrator of the national office of apprenticeship, an application to recognize the Tennessee office of apprenticeship as a state apprenticeship agency pursuant to federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50. | SB2893: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB2592: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/5/2024 2/5/2024 |
SB2919 by Bailey
HB2298 by Zachary | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires a hospital that employs a physician to maintain a copy of an agreement specifying restrictions on physician referral decisions in its medical records department during the course of the physician's employment. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68. | SB2919: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 HB2298: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee | 3/13/2024 3/19/2024 |
