republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2078.md

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Bill	Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, requires employers to pay employees no less than the minimum wage, regardless of the subminimum wage for an employee whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by age, physical, or mental deficiency or injury. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50.	Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, requires employers to pay employees no less than the minimum wage, regardless of the subminimum wage for an employee whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by age, physical, or mental deficiency or injury. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	HB 2078	Tennessee HB 2078 (112)	bill	Salaries and Benefits	enacted	Bricken Yarbro	3	45	6	2022-01-27	2022-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/0d582179-18d3-4e07-b1f8-66d77282b411	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2078&GA=112	e8c33e0bc4127702850da6b85733396533db883e7c3240db821543d143fa79b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2078 (112) — Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, requires employers to pay employees no less than the minimum wage, regardless of the subminimum wage for an employee whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by age, physical, or mental deficiency or injury. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0749 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0565 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — 27–3 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/16/2022 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — 89–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Bricken — primary (person)
• Yarbro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-27 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-27 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-31 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-02-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-02-02 Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2022-02-15 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
• 2022-02-22 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/1/2022
• 2022-03-01 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
• 2022-03-03 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
• 2022-03-07 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2022-03-07 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3 passage
• 2022-03-07 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0565)
• 2022-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-09 Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-09 Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2022-03-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-16 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-22 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-23 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
• 2022-03-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-24 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
• 2022-03-28 Comp. SB subst.
• 2022-03-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-28 Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-03-28 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0749) amendment-withdrawal
• 2022-03-28 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2022-03-30 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-03-30 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2022-04-04 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-04-05 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2022-04-14 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-20 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-04-26 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 870
• 2022-04-26 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
• 2022-04-26 Pub. Ch. 870

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d582179-18d3-4e07-b1f8-66d77282b411. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).