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type: "Bill"
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title: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, authorizes the court of workers' compensation claims to award additional attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer wrongfully denies a claim or wrongfully fails to timely initiate benefits to which the employee or dependent is entitled for injuries that occur between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-226."
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description: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, authorizes the court of workers' compensation claims to award additional attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer wrongfully denies a claim or wrongfully fails to timely initiate benefits to which the employee or dependent is entitled for injuries that occur between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-226."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "112"
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identifier: "HB 401"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 401 (112)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Boyd"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-01-25"
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last_action: "2021-04-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e7cb475-1584-40c4-9877-51ba099b7601"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0401&GA=112"
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source_hash: "b07820fedf5849ad62cfc7436928de753e20fa9c34300177ab1c79130da0055e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 401 (112) — Workers Compensation - As enacted, authorizes the court of workers' compensation claims to award additional attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer wrongfully denies a claim or wrongfully fails to timely initiate benefits to which the employee or dependent is entitled for injuries that occur between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-226.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0401.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/10/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bailey — primary (person)
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- Boyd — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-10** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
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- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
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- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-01** Ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
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- **2021-03-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
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- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
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- **2021-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/16/2021
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- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/16/2021
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- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
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- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
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- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
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- **2021-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2021-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2021-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2021-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 152
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- **2021-04-21** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
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- **2021-04-21** Pub. Ch. 152
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e7cb475-1584-40c4-9877-51ba099b7601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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