---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, establishes a voluntary shared work unemployment benefits program that allows certain employers to submit to the department of labor and workforce development for approval a plan to reduce employee work hours in exchange for employee access to a certain level of unemployment compensation benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50."
description: "Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, establishes a voluntary shared work unemployment benefits program that allows certain employers to submit to the department of labor and workforce development for approval a plan to reduce employee work hours in exchange for employee access to a certain level of unemployment compensation benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 958"
citation: "Tennessee SB 958 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powell", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bba6b330-b6ae-4321-b05e-c656d1f30af3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0958&GA=112"
source_hash: "2132264fff5dde9464e3bc67ada92d7deef3ca3d4b3bdde1aeb0a24db1af1027"
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 958 (112) — Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, establishes a voluntary shared work unemployment benefits program that allows certain employers to submit to the department of labor and workforce development for approval a plan to reduce employee work hours in exchange for employee access to a certain level of unemployment compensation benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0607** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0607.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA1023.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0590** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0590.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0958.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/28/2022 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/2/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/8/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Powell — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0590)
- **2022-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-23** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/28/2022
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1023) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0607) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-28** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA1023) `passage`
- **2022-05-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/27/2022, 12/01/2023
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1086
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1086

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bba6b330-b6ae-4321-b05e-c656d1f30af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).