---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, revises provisions governing determination of whether an employer-employee relationship exists in certain employment arrangements. - Amends TCA Title 50."
description: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, revises provisions governing determination of whether an employer-employee relationship exists in certain employment arrangements. - Amends TCA Title 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 466"
citation: "Tennessee SB 466 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell", "Roberts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dba473f2-649b-4dec-9644-2fbe83077444"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0466&GA=111"
source_hash: "72cffcf1737145b821b8a3e48319ca1e5181547324b5261f76438af8a0b1a134"
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 466 (111) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, revises provisions governing determination of whether an employer-employee relationship exists in certain employment arrangements. - Amends TCA Title 50.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0115.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0364** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0364.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0466.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2019 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/16/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2019 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EMPLOYEE AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/12/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-26** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Employee Affairs Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-26** Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee / no motion
- **2019-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0115) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0364)
- **2019-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 337
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 337
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 01/01/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dba473f2-649b-4dec-9644-2fbe83077444`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).