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type: "Bill"
title: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, specifies that a marketplace contractor of a marketplace platform is not an employee of the marketplace platform. - Amends TCA Title 50; Title 56 and Title 62."
description: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, specifies that a marketplace contractor of a marketplace platform is not an employee of the marketplace platform. - Amends TCA Title 50; Title 56 and Title 62."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1978"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1978 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marsh", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bfe40e3-a639-4a49-8bd9-194a948de776"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1978&GA=110"
source_hash: "9a52a4b9f5749d6fa86ce6d2de16faa2c7c7a1a340de8087aec37391faac53bc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee HB 1978 (110) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, specifies that a marketplace contractor of a marketplace platform is not an employee of the marketplace platform. - Amends TCA Title 50; Title 56 and Title 62.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1978.pdf)
## Votes
- CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/7/2018 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2018 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018 3/15/2018 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Marsh — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/6/2018
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/12/2018
- **2018-02-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 66, Nays 28, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0843) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 3 (Amendment 1 - HA0843) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 648
- **2018-04-11** Pub. Ch. 648
- **2018-04-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bfe40e3-a639-4a49-8bd9-194a948de776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).