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Bill Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, removes a requirement that work be deemed suitable for a claimant if certain criteria are met and a claimant's gross weekly wages equal or exceed certain threshold percentages of the claimant's weekly wage for insured work for the quarter of the base period when the claimant's wages were greatest. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-303. Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, removes a requirement that work be deemed suitable for a claimant if certain criteria are met and a claimant's gross weekly wages equal or exceed certain threshold percentages of the claimant's weekly wage for insured work for the quarter of the base period when the claimant's wages were greatest. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-303. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 2542 Tennessee HB 2542 (114)
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Tennessee HB 2542 (114) — Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, removes a requirement that work be deemed suitable for a claimant if certain criteria are met and a claimant's gross weekly wages equal or exceed certain threshold percentages of the claimant's weekly wage for insured work for the quarter of the base period when the claimant's wages were greatest. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-303.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2026 Passed (1) — 7015 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/9/2026 3/5/2026 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (3) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (4) — 50 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — 276 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-03 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-02-04 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 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
  • 2026-02-11 Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
  • 2026-02-18 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-25 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/4/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-05 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/9/2026
  • 2026-03-09 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2026
  • 2026-03-09 Objected to on Consent Calendar.
  • 2026-03-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-03-12 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-12 Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 15, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-03-16 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-04-21 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 passage
  • 2026-04-21 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-04-27 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. 1043

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88eb2823-3425-43fa-bb93-c5967e5a2bab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).