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type: "Bill"
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title: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, increases the number of terms a judge of the workers' compensation appeals board may be appointed to serve; changes the conditions to appeal the board's decision on whether to certify a compensation order of the court; makes other related clerical changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2."
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description: "Workers Compensation - As enacted, increases the number of terms a judge of the workers' compensation appeals board may be appointed to serve; changes the conditions to appeal the board's decision on whether to certify a compensation order of the court; makes other related clerical changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2."
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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: "SB 2437"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2437 (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: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-31"
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last_action: "2022-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/087a41c2-5373-46f8-bcb4-86b2c0cdba24"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2437&GA=112"
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source_hash: "d7ff5302f16040c6f3f8e7feed372fc1d8134142ad3c921e56b032d834f85be8"
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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 SB 2437 (112) — Workers Compensation - As enacted, increases the number of terms a judge of the workers' compensation appeals board may be appointed to serve; changes the conditions to appeal the board's decision on whether to certify a compensation order of the court; makes other related clerical changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2.
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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/SB2437.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee 2/15/2022 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- Lamberth — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
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- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
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- **2022-02-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2022
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- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/1/2022
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- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2022-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
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- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
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- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2022-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2022-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2022-03-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2022-03-14** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2022-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
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- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 715
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- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 715
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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/087a41c2-5373-46f8-bcb4-86b2c0cdba24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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