---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6."
description: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 666"
citation: "Tennessee HB 666 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Hill M"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8873a56-6ad5-4bbb-98b1-46e054f630bc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0666&GA=110"
source_hash: "4f9f25371fc768d25e23d8ec1e5bc9372086585089466f6cc6f32d982a9dc08c"
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 666 (110) — Workers Compensation - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0666.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 4/5/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Hill M — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0280)
- **2017-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0362)
- **2017-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0387) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0387) `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 380
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 380
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8873a56-6ad5-4bbb-98b1-46e054f630bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).