---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Self-Insurers' Guaranty Association Act\" to provide a mechanism for the payment of self-insured workers' compensation claims to avoid excessive delay in payment and to avoid financial loss to claimants because of the insolvency of a self-insured employer, and to provide an association to assess the cost of the protection among self-insured employers doing business in this state; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 48; Title 50 and Title 56."
description: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Self-Insurers' Guaranty Association Act\" to provide a mechanism for the payment of self-insured workers' compensation claims to avoid excessive delay in payment and to avoid financial loss to claimants because of the insolvency of a self-insured employer, and to provide an association to assess the cost of the protection among self-insured employers doing business in this state; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 48; Title 50 and Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2306"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2306 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vaughan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c711952f-133e-4d89-b2b1-0a48a2e1afa0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2306&GA=113"
source_hash: "c7c655605bbe56ea71446340716b0c8090c79ea59f66248839e54a6dd69ca912"
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 HB 2306 (113) — Workers Compensation - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Self-Insurers' Guaranty Association Act" to provide a mechanism for the payment of self-insured workers' compensation claims to avoid excessive delay in payment and to avoid financial loss to claimants because of the insolvency of a self-insured employer, and to provide an association to assess the cost of the protection among self-insured employers doing business in this state; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 48; Title 50 and Title 56.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0625** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0625.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0626** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0626.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0552** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0552.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0626** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0626.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2306.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/21/2024 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/20/2024 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vaughan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2024-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/5/2024
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024
- **2024-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0626) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0625) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0626)
- **2024-03-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0552)
- **2024-03-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Effective date(s) 04/09/2024
- **2024-04-17** Pub. Ch. 666

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c711952f-133e-4d89-b2b1-0a48a2e1afa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).