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type: "Bill"
title: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6."
description: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Tennessee SB 297 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Hill M"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6cf0d2b-e150-46e0-8a77-19b1f358e1c8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0297&GA=110"
source_hash: "c9908da31a8407448685d765f7b250d4d7739b557363f5b182dd1ff02e87d003"
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 297 (110) — Workers Compensation - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
## 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/SB0297.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/13/2017 Passed (2) — **280** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2017 Passed — **900** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 1 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2017 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
- Hill M — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0280)
- **2017-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0362)
- **2017-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0387) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0387) `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 380
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 380
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6cf0d2b-e150-46e0-8a77-19b1f358e1c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).