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type: "Bill"
title: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, allows farm and agricultural employers to accept the Workers' Compensation Law by purchasing a workers' compensation insurance policy; allows a farm or agricultural employer to withdraw acceptance of the Law at any time by canceling or not renewing the policy and providing notice to its employees. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-106."
description: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, allows farm and agricultural employers to accept the Workers' Compensation Law by purchasing a workers' compensation insurance policy; allows a farm or agricultural employer to withdraw acceptance of the Law at any time by canceling or not renewing the policy and providing notice to its employees. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-106."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2141"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2141 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Halford"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15884b91-54f8-4b05-be56-b9a694ab92b4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2141&GA=110"
source_hash: "1fff9cbfb00a1873741bcce19d40ee3d720e7f2e256740ec148d956ee3bfd120"
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 SB 2141 (110) — Workers Compensation - As enacted, allows farm and agricultural employers to accept the Workers' Compensation Law by purchasing a workers' compensation insurance policy; allows a farm or agricultural employer to withdraw acceptance of the Law at any time by canceling or not renewing the policy and providing notice to its employees. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-106.
## 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/SB2141.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **320** (fail) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2018 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gresham — primary (person)
- Halford — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** 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`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-06** Pub. Ch. 629
- **2018-04-06** Effective date(s) 04/02/2018
- **2018-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 629
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15884b91-54f8-4b05-be56-b9a694ab92b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).