republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-2256.md

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Bill	Workers Compensation - As enacted, excludes construction services providers performing work in this state from certain provisions of the workers' compensation law, requires construction services providers to maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage while working in this state, and imposes liability on a successor in interest of a penalized construction services provider. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.	Workers Compensation - As enacted, excludes construction services providers performing work in this state from certain provisions of the workers' compensation law, requires construction services providers to maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage while working in this state, and imposes liability on a successor in interest of a penalized construction services provider. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 2256	Tennessee HB 2256 (111)	bill	Workers Compensation	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	4	36	6	2020-02-03	2020-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/153cc6f3-4b1d-48f6-839b-590582a7679a	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2256&GA=111	b4adb4d6c9e2529683216c3c58051292528399dcf8210fce7651609bc933376d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2256 (111) — Workers Compensation - As enacted, excludes construction services providers performing work in this state from certain provisions of the workers' compensation law, requires construction services providers to maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage while working in this state, and imposes liability on a successor in interest of a penalized construction services provider. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0650 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0573 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0574 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/12/2020 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE EMPLOYEE AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/3/2020 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/3/2020 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/2/2020 Passed (1) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2020 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)
• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-03 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-02-03 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-02-05 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-02-06 P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-02-10 Assigned to s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2020-02-26 Placed on s/c cal Employee Affairs Subcommittee for 3/3/2020
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2020
• 2020-03-03 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2020-03-03 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2020-03-04 Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/9/2020
• 2020-03-05 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020
• 2020-03-09 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-09 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2020-03-09 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0574)
• 2020-03-09 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0573)
• 2020-03-10 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-03-11 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
• 2020-03-12 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020
• 2020-03-12 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2020-03-18 Reset on Regular Cal. for 3-20-19
• 2020-03-20 Reset on Regular Cal. for 6-1-20
• 2020-05-05 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/1/2020
• 2020-06-02 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-06-02 Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-06-02 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0650) amendment-withdrawal
• 2020-06-02 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-06-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-06-08 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-06-09 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-06-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-06-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-07-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 682
• 2020-07-02 Pub. Ch. 682
• 2020-07-02 Effective date(s) 06/15/2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/153cc6f3-4b1d-48f6-839b-590582a7679a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).