---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 50."
description: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2520"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2520 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurt", "Massey"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/257ceef7-ad80-4fec-b36f-00f4c36e6cb3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2520&GA=111"
source_hash: "37fdfb6ac5db8eefb96d3b9dab29f9250501c904242510a3fb12e8ef26d1256b"
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 2520 (111) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act." - Amends TCA Title 50.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0589** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0589.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0901** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0901.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0902** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0902.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0917** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0917.pdf)
5. **Amendment HA0953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0953.pdf)
6. **Amendment HA0957** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0957.pdf)
7. **Amendment SA0606** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0606.pdf)
8. **Amendment SA0607** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0607.pdf)
9. **Amendment SA0715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0715.pdf)
10. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2520.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/9/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020 6/11/2020 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/2/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EMPLOYEE AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 2/25/2020 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 5 BY CLEMMONS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/16/2020 Passed (2) — **72–23** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 6/11/2020 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/10/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/16/2020 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hurt — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P1C.
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2020-02-10** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee-- Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Assigned to s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Employee Affairs Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-16** Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm.
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-06-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0715)
- **2020-06-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0607)
- **2020-06-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0606)
- **2020-06-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-06-16** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 6 - HA0957) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-16** Am. tabled. (Amendment 5 - HA0953) `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-06-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - HA0917) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0902) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0901) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0589) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-16** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-16** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 745
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 10/01/2020, 01/01/2021
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 745

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/257ceef7-ad80-4fec-b36f-00f4c36e6cb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).