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type: "Bill"
title: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, defines for purposes of the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, a \"private employer\" as any person who is required by federal law and regulations to report remuneration paid to at least one employee; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50."
description: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, defines for purposes of the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, a \"private employer\" as any person who is required by federal law and regulations to report remuneration paid to at least one employee; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1194"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1194 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cepicky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf6aaa63-93b0-42f0-af33-e573b418430f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1194&ga=114"
source_hash: "8cd46c7e46c237450caa391b8e240e683dd32e38a298da4bcecad221deed52f0"
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 1194 (114) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, defines for purposes of the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, a "private employer" as any person who is required by federal law and regulations to report remuneration paid to at least one employee; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0565** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0565.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0590** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0590.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1194.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/12/2026 Passed (1) — **1913** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/11/2026 Passed — **70** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2026 Passed (1) — **8110** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026 2/19/2026 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/18/2026 Passed — **200** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cepicky — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/11/2026
- **2026-02-11** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/19/2026
- **2026-02-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2026
- **2026-02-23** Reset on cal. for 3/5/2026
- **2026-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-05** Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 10, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0565) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-03-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 19, Nays 13 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0590)
- **2026-03-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-30** Effective date(s) 01/01/2027
- **2026-03-30** Pub. Ch. 622
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf6aaa63-93b0-42f0-af33-e573b418430f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).