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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly preempts and occupies the entire field of regulating the terms and conditions of employment; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing any law, rule, or policy that requires a term or condition of employment that exceeds or conflicts with state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50."
+description: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly preempts and occupies the entire field of regulating the terms and conditions of employment; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing any law, rule, or policy that requires a term or condition of employment that exceeds or conflicts with state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "SB 674"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 674 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2026-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a670f88e-d41c-4fd1-ae13-3c2df6329a01"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0674&ga=114"
+source_hash: "eabe0521938aaa7bedd140c02028b98eac9889a5df887cb2f9d42144f8b164b4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 674 (114) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly preempts and occupies the entire field of regulating the terms and conditions of employment; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing any law, rule, or policy that requires a term or condition of employment that exceeds or conflicts with state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0674.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/23/2026 Passed — **70–22** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/25/2025 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed — **24–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
+- **2025-03-13** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
+- **2025-03-18** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/25/2025
+- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
+- **2025-03-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2025-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2025
+- **2025-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2025-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 5 `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2026-02-23** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 22, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2026-02-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2026-02-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2026-02-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-16** Effective date(s) 03/06/2026
+- **2026-03-16** Pub. Ch. 552
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a670f88e-d41c-4fd1-ae13-3c2df6329a01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+