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HB0438 • 2026

Employees, Employers

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 62, relative to employers.

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Sponsor
Alexander, Reeves
Last action
2025-02-05
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information about enforcement mechanisms, penalties, or specific requirements for clarity and noticeability of postings.

Increasing Notice Postings for Employers

This bill changes Tennessee's laws to require employers to post notices about paydays in three conspicuous places instead of two.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the number of places where employers must put up notices about payday from two to three.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Employers who have employees in Tennessee

Terms To Know

conspicuous places
Areas where people can easily see and read the notices.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify exactly what counts as a 'conspicuous place'.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  4. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  5. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 423
By Reeves

HOUSE BILL 438
By Alexander

HB0438
002092
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 39; Title 49;
Title 50 and Title 62, relative to employers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-2-103(d), is amended by deleting
"two (2) conspicuous places" and substituting "three (3) conspicuous places".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.