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| Bill | Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. | Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. | us/states/tn | Tennessee General Assembly | 114 | SB 1981 | Tennessee SB 1981 (114) |
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Tennessee SB 1981 (114) — Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Amendment HA0961 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment HA0962 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment SA0581 (committee substitute) — source
- 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 3/3/2026 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/12/2026 Passed (2) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2026 Passed (1) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-22 Filed for introduction
filing - 2026-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
introduction - 2026-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
- 2026-03-03 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- 2026-03-10 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2026
- 2026-03-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
receipt - 2026-03-12 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0
passage - 2026-03-12 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0581)
- 2026-03-16 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- 2026-04-07 Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0
passage - 2026-04-07 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0962)
amendment-passage - 2026-04-07 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0961)
amendment-withdrawal - 2026-04-07 Subst. for comp. HB.
substitution - 2026-04-10 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/13/2026
- 2026-04-13 Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0962)
passage - 2026-04-15 Enrolled and ready for signatures
enrolled - 2026-04-16 Signed by H. Speaker
passage - 2026-04-16 Signed by Senate Speaker
passage - 2026-04-17 Transmitted to Governor for action.
executive-receipt - 2026-04-27 Signed by Governor.
executive-signature - 2026-05-05 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- 2026-05-05 Pub. Ch. 845
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0010542b-bb90-48eb-ad37-edc8684084eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).