---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts - As enacted, requires a court to apply rebuttable presumptions when determining the reasonableness in time of a restrictive covenant sought to be enforced after the termination of an employment or business relationship; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68."
description: "Contracts - As enacted, requires a court to apply rebuttable presumptions when determining the reasonableness in time of a restrictive covenant sought to be enforced after the termination of an employment or business relationship; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1034"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1034 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2026-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdea310f-07e5-418b-9753-d418d5de4708"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1034&ga=114"
source_hash: "c576dcad1a46eac82f0fdf6cd883b877adfb677fc44481a888a706ccc331118c"
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 1034 (114) — Contracts - As enacted, requires a court to apply rebuttable presumptions when determining the reasonableness in time of a restrictive covenant sought to be enforced after the termination of an employment or business relationship; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0616** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0616.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0617** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0617.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA1007** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1007.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1034.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Health Committee 3/4/2026 Passed — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 4/9/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/4/2026 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2026 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/20/2026 Passed (1) — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **74–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (3) — **18–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee - Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Action Def. in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-19** Action Def. in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to Second Calendar of 2026
- **2026-01-21** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 1/28/2026
- **2026-01-26** Meeting Canceled
- **2026-01-28** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/4/2026
- **2026-02-04** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/11/2026
- **2026-02-04** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-11** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 2/25/2026
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** No Action Taken
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** Reset on Final cal. 2 of Calendar & Rules Committee
- **2026-04-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026
- **2026-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 8, PNV 9 `passage`
- **2026-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0617) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0616) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1007)
- **2026-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-15** Pub. Ch. 934

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdea310f-07e5-418b-9753-d418d5de4708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).