---
type: "Bill"
title: "Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, expresses the public policy that the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers on non-state contracts for construction projects on public highways; makes other revisions to the Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4."
description: "Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, expresses the public policy that the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers on non-state contracts for construction projects on public highways; makes other revisions to the Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2541"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2541 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Salaries and Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1dade77-ff54-4048-9123-0b585a10f06c"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2541&ga=114"
source_hash: "ff4330164e8059a31ad36b0b0c82518f3c7e3cfbdba19b3b5f2893c1f971f5f0"
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 2541 (114) — Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, expresses the public policy that the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers on non-state contracts for construction projects on public highways; makes other revisions to the Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2541.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (6) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (5) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2026 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (2) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2026 Passed (3) — **26–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-18** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/21/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1042

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1dade77-ff54-4048-9123-0b585a10f06c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).