republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-2257.md

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Bill	Workers Compensation - As enacted, extends the deadline for an injured employee to file a claim for increased benefits with the bureau of workers' compensation; lengthens the period of time following an injury an employee has to provide notice to the bureau of workers' compensation of an injury and the failure of an employer to secure payment of compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.	Workers Compensation - As enacted, extends the deadline for an injured employee to file a claim for increased benefits with the bureau of workers' compensation; lengthens the period of time following an injury an employee has to provide notice to the bureau of workers' compensation of an injury and the failure of an employer to secure payment of compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 2257	Tennessee HB 2257 (111)	bill	Workers Compensation	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	3	35	6	2020-02-03	2020-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/352178ae-ac35-4c58-926f-9f3bb8026d09	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2257&GA=111	8b790a5419a7ecf7e4a135761189f4373b032140ddb13d051ff3b4d67dfafa6d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2257 (111) — Workers Compensation - As enacted, extends the deadline for an injured employee to file a claim for increased benefits with the bureau of workers' compensation; lengthens the period of time following an injury an employee has to provide notice to the bureau of workers' compensation of an injury and the failure of an employer to secure payment of compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0649 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0575 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/2/2020 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2020 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/3/2020 Passed (2) — 8–0 (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
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/12/2020 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · 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 1 - SA0575)
• 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 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2020-06-02 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0649) 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.
• 2020-06-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-07-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 731
• 2020-07-02 Pub. Ch. 731
• 2020-07-02 Effective date(s) 06/22/2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/352178ae-ac35-4c58-926f-9f3bb8026d09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).